CVE-2025-37736
highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Improper Authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise can lead to Privilege Escalation where the built-in readonly user can call APIs that should not be allowed. The list of APIs that are affected by this issue is: post:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts delete:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id} patch:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id} post:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}/keys delete:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}/keys/{api_key_id} patch:/user post:/users post:/users/auth/keys delete:/users/auth/keys delete:/users/auth/keys/_all delete:/users/auth/keys/{api_key_id} delete:/users/{user_id}/auth/keys delete:/users/{user_id}/auth/keys/{api_key_id} delete:/users/{user_name} patch:/users/{user_name}
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affected products (6)
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- elastic elastic cloud enterprise3.8.0 → 3.8.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- elastic elastic cloud enterprise4.0.0 → 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (4)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-37736cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-3-and-4-0-3-security-update-esa-2025-22/383132cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-3-and-4-0-3-security-update-esa-2025-22/383132enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-3-and-4-0-3-security-update-esa-2025-22/383132Vendor Advisorynvd
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