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Improper privilege management in elasticsearch

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 2, 2023

Package

maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 7.0.0, < 7.9.0
< 6.8.12

Patched versions

7.9.0
6.8.12

Description

In Elasticsearch before 7.9.0 and 6.8.12 a field disclosure flaw was found when running a scrolling search with Field Level Security. If a user runs the same query another more privileged user recently ran, the scrolling search can leak fields that should be hidden. This could result in an attacker gaining additional permissions against a restricted index.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 18, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jun 16, 2023
Last updated Jul 2, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.065%
(30th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-7019

GHSA ID

GHSA-c77j-p484-h84m

Source code

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