CVE-2026-115712 PUBLISHED

Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Platform Settings

Assigner: elastic
Reserved: 23.10.2026 Published: 29.10.2026 Updated: 29.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor Elastic
Product Elastic Cloud Enterprise
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.8.0 to 3.8.5 (incl.)
  • affected from 4.0.0 to 4.2.0 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs