CVE-2020-7020

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
22/10/2020
Last modified:
03/06/2022

Description

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.8.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.0.0 (including) 7.9.2 (excluding)