CVE-2022-38774
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in the quarantine feature of Elastic Endpoint Security and Elastic Endgame for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Elastic Elastic Endpoint Security and Elastic Endgame Security≤ Elastic Security versions up to 7.17.6 and 8.3.3 and Elastic Endgame versions up to 3.62.2enisa_euvdEU
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-38774/cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754cnnvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securitycnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754enisa_euvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/endpoint-security-8-4-0-7-17-7-and-endgame-3-62-3-security-statement/323754Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisorynvd
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