What is CVE-2020-7018?

CVE-2020-7018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Enterprise Search, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-7018?

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

Privilege escalation in Elastic Enterprise Search

CVE-2020-7018

Elastic Enterprise Search before 7.9.0 contain a credential exposure flaw in the App Search interface. If a user is given the ï¿½developerï¿½ role, they will be able to view the administrator API credentials. These credentials could allow the developer user to conduct operations with the same permissions of the App Search administrator.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.0th 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 Enterprise Search — versions before 7.9.0
Elastic Enterprise_search

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7018?: CVE-2020-7018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Enterprise Search, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-7018?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.