What is CVE-2020-7014?

CVE-2020-7014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2020-7014?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2020-7014

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 w…

EPSS: 0.015 (72.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch — versions 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7014?: CVE-2020-7014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2020-7014?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.