TI-2025-18689 Aliases CVE-2025-25011 GHSA-h425-rqxh-h66f

Beats Uncontrolled Search Path Element can lead to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) when using the Windows Installer

LOW 32CWE-427Published 2025-07-30 · Updated 2026-02-26

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability can lead to local privilege Escalation (LPE) via Insecure Directory Permissions. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of directory permissions. An attacker with local access may exploit this flaw to move and delete arbitrary files, potentially gaining SYSTEM privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00162 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Beats (Elastic): 9.1.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Elastic	Beats	8.0.0 to before 9.1.0	9.1.0	Patch available	CNA

Beats VendorElastic Affected 8.0.0 to before 9.1.0 Fixed in 9.1.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Fix · CNA Beats (Elastic) Fixed in 9.1.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-25011
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h425-rqxh-h66f

References

Other 1

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-windows-installer-9-1-0-security-update-esa-2025-12/380558

TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2015-01295 The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-02491 The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2018-12328 Kibana versions before 6.4.3 and 5.6.13 contain an arbitrary file inclusion flaw in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-15037 Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-05135 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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