CVE catalog
CVE-2020-7014
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7014
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.74% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | elasticsearch | 16.04 | 1.6.2+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | elasticsearch | 16.04 | 1.7.3+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | elasticsearch | 16.04 | 1.7.3+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | elasticsearch | 16.04 | 1.7.3+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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