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TI-2025-25091 Aliases CVE-2025-37736GHSA-5p88-6546-29fh

Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
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-863.

Summary

Improper Authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise can lead to Privilege Escalation where the built-in readonly user can call APIs that should not be allowed. The list of APIs that are affected by this issue is: post:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts delete:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id} patch:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id} post:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}/keys delete:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}/keys/{api_key_id} patch:/user post:/users post:/users/auth/keys delete:/users/auth/keys delete:/users/auth/keys/_all delete:/users/auth/keys/{api_key_id} delete:/users/{user_id}/auth/keys delete:/users/{user_id}/auth/keys/{api_key_id} delete:/users/{user_name} patch:/users/{user_name}

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00402 34th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticElastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)3.8.0 – 3.8.2; 4.0.0 – 4.0.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) VendorElastic Affected 3.8.0 – 3.8.2; 4.0.0 – 4.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.8.0 to before 3.8.3; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.3VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.0 to before 3.8.3; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-37736
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5p88-6546-29fh

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-24797 Improper authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-25085 Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • 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
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Sources

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