Vigil@nce - Elasticsearch: privilege escalation via API Key Privilege
August 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Elasticsearch.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 04/06/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via API Key Privilege of
Elasticsearch, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Elasticsearch-privilege-escalation-via-API-Key-Privilege-32434