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ElasticsearchGHSA-g9fw-9x87-rmrj

Privilege Context Switching Error in Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch

CVE-2020-7020 · Published Mar 18, 2021 · updated Feb 22, 2024

Low3.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.13 or later (2 fixed versions below)
GitHub advisory

Elasticsearch versions before 6.8.13 and 7.9.2 contain a document disclosure flaw when Document or Field Level Security is used. Search queries do not properly preserve security permissions when executing certain complex queries. This could result in the search disclosing the existence of documents the attacker should not be able to view. This could result in an attacker gaining additional insight into potentially sensitive indices.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch
Maven
< 6.8.136.8.13
>= 7.0.0, < 7.9.27.9.2
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