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Ubuntu: (CVE-2020-7018): elasticsearch vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Aug 18, 2020

Added

Jun 26, 2025

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

Elastic Enterprise Search before 7.9.0 contain a credential exposure flaw in the App Search interface. If a user is given the ï¿½developerï¿½ role, they will be able to view the administrator API credentials. These credentials could allow the developer user to conduct operations with the same permissions of the App Search administrator.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package

References

CVE-2020-7018
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-7018
CWE-266
CWE-269
EUVD-EUVD-2020-28155
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-28155
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7018

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