PT-2020-19343 · Elastic · Vx Search Enterprise

Matt Peel · Published 2020-08-18 · Updated 2020-08-26 · CVE-2020-7018

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elastic Enterprise Search versions prior to 7.9.0

Description The issue allows a user with the developer role to view the administrator API credentials in the App Search interface. These credentials could enable the developer user to perform operations with the same permissions as the App Search administrator.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.9.0, update to version 7.9.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the developer role to minimize the risk of credential exposure.

Fix

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-266

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7018

Affected Products

Vx Search Enterprise

References · 6

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enterprise-search-7-9-0-security-update/245457 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7018 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7018 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7018 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7018 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7018 · Vendor Advisory