vulnerability

Elastic Elasticsearch: CVE-2020-7021: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 10, 2021
Added
May 13, 2025
Modified
Jul 2, 2025

Description

Elasticsearch versions before 7.10.0 and 6.8.14 have an information disclosure issue when audit logging and the emit_request_body option is enabled. The Elasticsearch audit log could contain sensitive information such as password hashes or authentication tokens. This could allow an Elasticsearch administrator to view these details.

Solution

elastic-elasticsearch-upgrade-latest
Title
NEW

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