CVE-2020-7010
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- elastic elastic cloud on kubernetes< 1.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6Cryptographic Issues in ECK2022-02-15ghsa · osvUS
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.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/46883cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7010cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/cn/community/security/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/enisa_euvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisorynvd
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