TI-2020-05657 Aliases CVE-2020-7009 GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2

Improper privilege management in Elasticsearch

MEDIUM 42CWE-266Published 2020-03-31 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-266.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01881 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 6.8.8, 7.6.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Elastic	Elasticsearch	All versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	6.7.0 to before 6.8.8	6.8.8	Patch available	GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	7.0.0 to before 7.6.2	7.6.2	Patch available	GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2

Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected All versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.7.0 to before 6.8.8 Fixed in 6.8.8 Patch available GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.6.2 Fixed in 7.6.2 Patch available GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::	6.7.0 to before 6.8.8; 7.0.0 to before 7.6.2	Vulnerable	Elastic

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7.0 to before 6.8.8; 7.0.0 to before 7.6.2 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 6.8.8 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2 org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.6.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 6 products

Red Hat Decision Manager 7
Red Hat Fuse 7
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Red Hat Process Automation 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7009
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2

References

Advisory 4

Other 3

TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2021-05136 All versions of Elastic Cloud Enterprise has the Elasticsearch “anonymous” user enabled… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2015-04530 Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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