Privilege Escalation Affecting org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch package, versions [6.7.0,6.8.8) [7.0.0,7.6.2)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.29% (70th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGELASTICSEARCH-564117
- published 1 Apr 2020
- disclosed 31 Mar 2020
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 31 Mar 2020
CVE-2020-7009 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to version 6.8.8, 7.6.2 or higher.
Overview
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch is a Distributed, RESTful Search Engine.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. 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.
CVSS Scores
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