🛡️ CVE-2020-7021 — elasticsearch

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch versions before 7.10.0 and 6.8.14 have an information disclosure issue when audit logging and the emit_request_body option is enabled. The Elasticsearch audit log could contain sensitive information such as password hashes or authentication tokens. This could allow an Elasticsearch administrator to view these details.

Affected software

CVE-2020-7021 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • elasticsearch
  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (from 7.0.0 up to 7.10.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 3 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

discuss.elastic.co (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-04-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
elasticsearch — —
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch 7.0.0 7.10.0

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