Privilege Escalation Flaw in Elasticsearch
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Mar 18, 2021
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 6.7.0, < 6.8.8
>= 7.0.0, < 7.6.2
Patched versions
6.8.8
7.6.2
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 3, 2020
Reviewed
Mar 16, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Mar 18, 2021
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
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.
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