CVE-2026-115706

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Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An attacker who controls any host in an ECE installation can obtain credentials that are reserved for other platform roles. These credentials can give the attacker full control of the ECE control plane and of the deployments that it manages.

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS score

6.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Undergoing Analysis

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-29 15:17:17.707000

Last modified

2026-10-30 04:18:17.853000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-115706",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-29T15:17:17.707",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T04:18:17.853",
  "vulnStatus": "Undergoing Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An attacker who controls any host in an ECE installation can obtain credentials that are reserved for other platform roles. These credentials can give the attacker full control of the ECE control plane and of the deployments that it manages."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Elastic",
          "product": "Elastic Cloud Enterprise",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "1.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "3.8.5",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "4.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.2.0",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
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      }
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-211/391260",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}