Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Elasticsearch - CVE-2020-7009

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Elasticsearch - CVE-2020-7009

Published: April 1, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26521
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7009
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper permissions issue. A remote 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.


Affected software

Elasticsearch
Communications Unified Assurance

How to mitigate CVE-2020-7009

Install updates from vendor's website.

Elasticsearch - addressed in versions 6.8.8, 7.6.2
Communications Unified Assurance - addressed in versions 5.5.10, 6.0.2

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