High severity · published Nov 7, 2025
CVE-2025-37736
Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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}
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EC
Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) · Elastic
3.8.0 through 3.8.2; 4.0.0 through 4.0.2 · source: vendor
EC
Elastic Cloud Enterprise · Elastic
3.8.0 before 3.8.3; 4.0.0 before 4.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37736
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37736
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-3-and-4-0-3-security-update-esa-2025-22/383132
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