Incorrect authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise - CVE-2026-115712
Published: October 30, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU158524
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-115712
CWE-ID: CWE-863
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to modify an installation-wide account setting without authorization.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization in the platform settings functionality of Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) when handling requests to change an installation-wide account setting. A remote user can use read-only platform access to invoke functionality reserved for platform administrators to modify that setting.
Affected software
Elastic Cloud Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2026-115712
Install security update from vendor's website.
Elastic Cloud Enterprise - addressed in versions 3.8.6, 4.2.1