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Improper Privilege Management in Elasticsearch

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 6.7.0, <= 6.8.7
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.6.1

Patched versions

6.8.8
7.6.2

Description

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. An attacker who is able to generate an API key can perform a series of steps that result in an API key being generated with elevated privileges.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jun 23, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.137%
(50th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-7009

GHSA ID

GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2

Source code

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