Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-7009

Title: Elastic Elasticsearch Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-7009.

CWE Category CWE-269
Published Date Mar 31, 2020
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.60%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

E
elastic 1
A
anynines 1
E
elasticsearch 1

Reference Links

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/ https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/ https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-7009 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.