The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.

Affected Packages

Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Affected versions: 6.7.0 (fixed in 6.8.8)

Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Affected versions: 7.0.0 (fixed in 7.6.2)

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-7014

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-hqqv-9x3v-mp7w

Published

March 18, 2021 7:27 PM

Last Modified

March 16, 2021 4:31 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: November 26, 2025 6:30 AM

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