Authorization Bypass in Elastic Cloud Enterprise by Elastic
CVE-2026-115706

6.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Elastic

Vendor
CVE Published:
29 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-115706?

An authorization bypass flaw in Elastic Cloud Enterprise allows attackers to exploit user-controlled keys, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability enables malicious users, who have access to any host within an ECE installation, to manipulate their credentials and gain unauthorized access to sensitive roles. Consequently, this can result in full control over the ECE control plane and the deployments it oversees, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

Elastic Cloud Enterprise 1.0.0 <= 3.8.5

Elastic Cloud Enterprise 4.0.0 <= 4.2.0

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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