Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-1336Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-1336.
Summary
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to a malicious actor with Admin access exfiltrating sensitive information and issuing commands via a specially crafted string where Jinjava variables are evaluated.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00665 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-37729
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9w6c-7rw2-2w66
- 2026-10-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Elastic Cloud Enterprise vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-24797 Improper authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-25091 Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-82441 Link following in Elastic Cloud Enterprise exposes deployment data CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2023-15036 Elasticsearch uncontrolled resource consumption CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-82444 Link following in Elastic Cloud Enterprise exposes other deployments CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-02798 Sensitive information in log files in Elastic Cloud Enterprise CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-37729 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-37729 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9w6c-7rw2-2w66 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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