Elastic CE improper auth allows privilege escalation via readonly APIs
CVE-2025-37736 Published on November 7, 2025
Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization
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}
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-37736 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2025-37736 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-37736
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Affected Versions
Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE):- Version 3.8.0, <= 3.8.2 is affected.
- Version 4.0.0, <= 4.0.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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