CVE-2020-7018: Elastic Enterprise Search

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

Elastic Enterprise Search: before 7.9.0 (fixed in 7.9.0)

Published 2020-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.