{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7018","details":"Elastic Enterprise Search before 7.9.0 contain a credential exposure flaw in the App Search interface. If a user is given the �developer� 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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:48:18Z","published":"2020-08-18T17:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-7018"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7018"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7018"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elasticsearch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/elasticsearch@1.7.3+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.6.2+dfsg-1","1.7.3+dfsg-1","1.7.3+dfsg-2","1.7.3+dfsg-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.7.3+dfsg-3","binary_name":"elasticsearch"},{"binary_version":"1.7.3+dfsg-3","binary_name":"libelasticsearch1.7-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7018.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"negligible"}]}