CVE-2026-115708 Elastic Cloud Enterprise - Authentication Bypass

Elastic Cloud Enterprise contains an authentication bypass caused by improper link resolution before file access (link following), letting attackers perform unauthorized configuration changes via symlink attack, exploit requires access to the host.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
EPSS
0.18% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Authentication Bypass
Impact
Broken Authentication, Data Tampering
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
29 October 2026
Updated
31 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-59

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Elastic Cloud Enterprise with the fix for link following vulnerability.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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