CVE-2020-7019

MEDIUM

Elasticsearch <6.8.12 and 7.0.0-7.9.0 - Improper Privilege Management via Scrolling Search Field Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Elasticsearch before 7.9.0 and 6.8.12 a field disclosure flaw was found when running a scrolling search with Field Level Security. If a user runs the same query another more privileged user recently ran, the scrolling search can leak fields that should be hidden. This could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against a restricted index.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0001/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-270
Status published
Products (2)
elastic/elasticsearch < 6.8.12
org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch 7.0.0 - 7.9.0Maven
Published Aug 18, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026