CVE-2020-7014

HIGH

Elasticsearch 6.7.0-6.8.7 and 7.0.0-7.6.1 - Privilege Escalation via API Key and Authentication Token Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200619-0003/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 62.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-266
Status published
Products (2)
elastic/elasticsearch 6.7.0 - 6.8.7
org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch 6.7.0 - 6.8.8Maven
Published Jun 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026