CVE-2020-7020 is a vulnerability in Elasticsearch
Published on October 22, 2020
Elasticsearch versions before 6.8.13 and 7.9.2 contain a document disclosure flaw when Document or Field Level Security is used. Search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain complex queries. This could result in the search disclosing the existence of documents the attacker should not be able to view. This could result in an attacker gaining additional insight into potentially sensitive indices.
Weakness Type
Privilege Context Switching Error
The software does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-7020
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Affected Versions
Elasticsearch Version before 6.8.13 and 7.9.2 is affected by CVE-2020-7020Exploit Probability
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