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SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-c77j-p484-h84m)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434165

Description

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

 - In Elasticsearch before 7.9.0 and 6.8.12 a field disclosure flaw was found when running a scrolling search
 with Field Level Security. If a user runs the same query another more privileged user recently ran, the
 scrolling search can leak fields that should be hidden. This could result in an attacker gaining
 additional permissions against a restricted index. (CVE-2020-7019)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c77j-p484-h84m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434165

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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-2020-7019

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 8/18/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7019

cwe: CWE-269