CVE-2020-7019 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-7019

In Elasticsearch before 7.9.0 and 6.8.12 a field disclosure flaw...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Elasticsearch
Vulnerable Versions:
before 7.9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 18th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-270

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.