BIT-elasticsearch-2025-37731

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Elasticsearch Improper Authentication

view advisory published 2025-12-18Licence: per source

Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2025-37731US	high7.4	0.19% (9th)	—	2025-12-15
Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted cli…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-27/384063ADVISORY
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37731WEB

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