vulnerability
Elastic Elasticsearch: CVE-2020-7020: Privilege Context Switching Error
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 22, 2020 | May 13, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 22, 2020
Added
May 13, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
elastic-elasticsearch-upgrade-latest
References
- CWE-270
- CWE-269
- CVE-2020-7020
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-7020
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-9-3-and-6-8-13-security-update/253033
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201123-0001/
- https://staging-website.elastic.co/community/security/
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-0657
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