7.5

CVE-2020-7010: elastic elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7010GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6
Published 03-06-2020Last modified 18-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-7010 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in elastic elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes. EPSS estimates a 1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.40%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) versions prior to 1.1.0 generate passwords using a weak random number generator. If an attacker is able to determine when the current Elastic Stack cluster was deployed they may be able to more easily brute force the Elasticsearch credentials generated by ECK.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 1.44% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elastic1 product
Github.com/elastic1 product
  • cloud-on-k8s< 1.1.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • kubernetesAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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