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FKIE_CVE-2020-7009

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-03-31 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:24
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2 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
security@elastic.cohttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920Mitigation, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@elastic.cohttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/Third Party Advisory
security@elastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920Mitigation, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elastic elasticsearch *
elastic elasticsearch *
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