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title: "CVE-2026-115708: Elastic Cloud Enterprise - Authentication Bypass"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-115708/
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# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115708)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115708](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115708)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-215/391262](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-215/391262)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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