Credential Exposure Flaw in Elastic Enterprise Search by Elastic

CVE-2020-7018

What is CVE-2020-7018?

Elastic Enterprise Search prior to version 7.9.0 has a significant vulnerability in its App Search interface allowing users assigned the 'developer' role to access sensitive administrator API credentials. This exposure could enable the developer to execute operations with the same privileges as an App Search administrator, potentially leading to unauthorized actions within the application. Proper role management and updates are crucial to mitigating this risk.

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