CVE-2024-37282

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

It was identified that under certain specific preconditions, an API key that was originally created with a specific privileges could be subsequently used to create new API keys that have elevated privileges.

Affected products

Elastic Cloud Enterprise: from 3.0.0 before 3.7.2 — fixed in 3.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elastic Cloud Enterprise 3.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-3-7-2-security-update-esa-2024-18/362181
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-3-7-2-security-update-esa-2024-18/362181

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