TI-2020-05668 Aliases CVE-2020-7020 GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj

Improper privilege management in Elasticsearch

LOW 17CWE-270Published 2020-10-22 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Elasticsearch versions before 6.8.13 and 7.9.2 contain a document disclosure flaw when Document or Field Level Security is used. Search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain complex queries. This could result in the search disclosing the existence of documents the attacker should not be able to view. This could result in an attacker gaining additional insight into potentially sensitive indices.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01085 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven): 6.8.13, 7.9.2Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 3 without a fix

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	before 6.8.13 and 7.9.2	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	before 6.8.13	6.8.13	Patch available	GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj
—	org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)	7.0.0 to before 7.9.2	7.9.2	Patch available	GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj

Elasticsearch VendorElastic Affected before 6.8.13 and 7.9.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 6.8.13 Fixed in 6.8.13 Patch available GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.9.2 Fixed in 7.9.2 Patch available GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::	before 6.8.13; 7.0.0 to before 7.9.2	Vulnerable	Elastic

cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.8.13; 7.0.0 to before 7.9.2 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 6.8.13 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven) Fixed in 7.9.2 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2022:5532 Released 2022-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat Fuse 7.11.0 release and security update
- Red Hat Fuse 7.11

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Decision Manager 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Process Automation 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Fuse 7.11	Fixed	RHSA-2022:5532

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7020
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj

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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