CVE-2020-7014

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.74% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USprimaryCWE-266USCWE-266USCWE-269US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Elastic Elasticsearch≤ 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1enisa_euvdEU
elastic elasticsearch6.7.0 → 6.8.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch7.0.0 → 7.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami elasticsearch6.7.0 → 6.8.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch7.0.0 → 7.6.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch6.7.0 → 6.8.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch7.0.0 → 7.6.2osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-hqqv-9x3v-mp7wPrivilege Escalation Flaw in Elasticsearch2021-03-18ghsa · osvUS
The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.
BIT-elasticsearch-2020-70142024-03-06vendor · osvUS
The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-06-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

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