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.
Published: 2026-10-29
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T14:09:58.330Z

Reserved: 2026-10-23T11:09:45.804Z

Link: CVE-2026-115706

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-29T15:17:17.707

Modified: 2026-10-29T15:26:51.413

Link: CVE-2026-115706

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key