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}
Published: 2025-11-07
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elastic_cloud_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic elastic Cloud Enterprise
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic elastic Cloud Enterprise

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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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}
Title Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T17:47:06.540Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T03:24:04.511Z

Link: CVE-2025-37736

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-10T16:02:34.104Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-11-07T23:15:44.350

Modified: 2025-12-11T21:00:54.740

Link: CVE-2025-37736

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-10T09:33:45Z

Weaknesses