HIGH 8.8 Microsoft
CVE-2020-7009
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2020-Mar: 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.
Affected Products
- cm1 rubygem-elasticsearch 8.2.0-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7009
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7009
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 was published on 2020-03-10 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 rubygem-elasticsearch 8.2.0-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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