Privilege escalation vulnerability in Elasticsearch - CVE-2020-7019 (rpm)| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:65223 | Date: (C)2020-08-24 (M)2023-02-01 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
The host is installed with Elasticsearch 6.x before 6.8.12 and 7.x before 7.9.0 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle hidden fields when query is rerun. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to gain additional permissions against a restricted index.
