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CVE-2026-115712: Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Platform Settings
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-29 · updated 2026-10-30
- Weakness: CWE-863
Description
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to unauthorized modification of platform-level settings via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user with read-only access to the platform can change an installation-wide account setting that only platform administrators are permitted to change.
Affected products
- Elastic Cloud Enterprise: from 3.8.0 before 3.8.6; from 4.0.0 before 4.2.1 — fixed in 3.8.6, 4.2.1
- Elastic Cloud Enterprise: from 3.8.0 through 3.8.5; from 4.0.0 through 4.2.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Elastic Cloud Enterprise 3.8.6, 4.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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