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CVE-2020-7009

score
<0.1
cvss
8.8
epss
1.9%
published
2020-03-31
kev added
—
first seen

Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 < 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 < 7.6.2 contain a privilege escalation caused by insecure API key creation, letting attackers generate API keys with elevated privileges, exploit requires attacker to create API keys.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2020-03-31 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxTscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 1.6%2026-09-23: epss 1.6%2026-09-24: epss 1.6%2026-09-25: epss 1.6%2026-09-26: epss 1.6%2026-09-27: epss 1.6%2026-09-28: epss 1.6%2026-09-29: epss 1.6%2026-09-30: epss 1.6%2026-10-01: epss 1.6%2026-10-02: epss 1.6%2026-10-03: epss 1.6%2026-10-04: epss 1.6%2026-10-05: epss 1.6%2026-10-06: epss 1.6%2026-10-07: epss 1.6%2026-10-08: epss 1.6%2026-10-09: epss 1.6%2026-10-10: epss 1.6%2026-10-11: epss 1.6%2026-10-12: epss 1.9%2026-10-13: epss 1.9%2026-10-14: epss 1.9%2026-10-15: epss 1.9%2026-10-16: epss 1.9%2026-10-18: epss 1.9%2026-10-19: epss 1.9%2026-10-20: epss 1.9%2026-10-21: epss 1.9%1.9%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx

Weaknesses

CWE-266 CWE-269

References 3