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SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-cqgv-256r-m9r8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414028

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2020-7021)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqgv-256r-m9r8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414028

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7021

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7021

cwe: CWE-532