CVE-2020-7009Elasticsearch 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…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By elastic
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
- affected All versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.elasticsearch:elasticsearchGHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2 (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-8-and-7-6-2-security-update/225920 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3946 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gfv5-grx2-9jw2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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