Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2025 · Assigned by elastic
CVE-2025-37736Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity incorrect authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) from Elastic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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}
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) | 3.8.0 – through 3.8.24.0.0 – through 4.0.2 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H