Elastic Enterprise Search before 7.9.0 contain a credential exposure flaw in the App Search interface.

published 2020-08-18 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28155

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

elastic enterprise_search 7.9.0

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Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Elastic Elastic Enterprise Search

Classification

Weakness

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

discuss.elastic.co /t/enterprise-search-7-9-0-security-update/245457
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7018
NVD CVE-2020-7018

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