TI-2020-05658 Aliases CVE-2020-7010 GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) versions prior to 1.1.0 generate passwords using a weak…

MEDIUM 42CWE-335Published 2020-06-03 · Updated 2024-11-18

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) versions prior to 1.1.0 generate passwords using a weak random number generator. If an attacker is able to determine when the current Elastic Stack cluster was deployed they may be able to more easily brute force the Elasticsearch credentials generated by ECK.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01435 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (Elastic): 1.1.0github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s (Go): 1.1.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Elastic	Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes	before 1.1.0	1.1.0	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s (Go)	before 1.1.0	1.1.0	Patch available	GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes VendorElastic Affected before 1.1.0 Fixed in 1.1.0 Patch available CNA
github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.1.0 Fixed in 1.1.0 Patch available GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes::::::::	before 1.1.0	Vulnerable	Elastic

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.1.0 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

Fix · CNA Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (Elastic) Fixed in 1.1.0
Fix · GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6 github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s (Go) Fixed in 1.1.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7010
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://www.elastic.co/community/security

TI-2023-15034 Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) secret token configuration issue CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2026-50886 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable in Elastic Cloud on… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2026-50879 Unintended Proxy or Intermediary in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Leading to Cross-Namespace Secret Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2026-54658 Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2026-54649 Incomplete Cleanup in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Leading to Unauthorized Cross-Namespace Credential Retention CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5

Sources

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