CVE-2026-78607

highpriority · track · 28OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileDEUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.33% (26th) EPSS

CVSS 7.1 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cert_bund · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Elasticsearch custom inference service can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). A user holding only inference execution privileges could cause outbound inference traffic to be directed to a destination of their choosing and could cause administrator-provisioned credentials to be exposed.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.4–7.1

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 4.2

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security@elastic.coexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.5

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Azure Linux azl3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux:azl3
Open Source Elasticsearch< 8.19.19cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 9.3.0cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 9.3.8cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 9.4.4cert_bundDE
Open Source Elasticsearch< 9.5.1cert_bundDE
elastic elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.19.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch9.0.0 → 9.3.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch9.4.0 → 9.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch= 9.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami elasticsearch8.0.0 → 8.19.19osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch9.0.0 → 9.3.8osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch9.4.0 → 9.4.4osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch
Bitnami elasticsearch9.5.0 → 9.5.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/elasticsearch

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-3131Elasticsearch: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
BIT-elasticsearch-2026-78607Missing Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure2026-09-03vendor · osvUS
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Elasticsearch custom inference service can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). A user holding only inference execution privileges could cause outbound inference traffic to be directed to a destination of their choosing and could cause administrator-provisioned credentials to be exposed.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-09-01modified 2026-09-02

references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-143/390094Vendor Advisory

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