Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Elasticsearch - CVE-2020-7020

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Elasticsearch - CVE-2020-7020

Published: May 1, 2025 / Updated: May 1, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108109
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7020
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain complex queries. A remote attacker can disclose protected documents when Document or Field Level Security is used.


Affected software

Elasticsearch
Junos Space Security Director

How to mitigate CVE-2020-7020

Install updates from vendor's website.

Elasticsearch - addressed in versions 6.8.13, 7.9.3
Junos Space Security Director - update to 24.1R3

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