Cryptographic Issues in ECK

HIGH 7.5CVE-2020-7010 · GHSA-vfp4-xx6m-7vf6 · Published 03/06/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-7010 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s, elastic cloud on kubernetes (elastic).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 73.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.1.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s Go	`< 1.1.0`	`1.1.0`
elastic cloud on kubernetes elastic	`< 1.1.0`	`1.1.0`

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.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7010 · ADVISORY
elastic.co/community/security · WEB
elastic.co/community/security · Vendor Advisory

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