5.4

CVE-2026-78609

Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Metadata Spoofing (CAPEC-690). An actor holding limited Kubernetes permissions confined to a single namespace could cause attacker-controlled certificate material to be included in the Elasticsearch client trust bundle managed by ECK in a separate namespace.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Elastic ≫ Elastic Cloud On Kubernetes Version >= 2.6.0 < 3.5.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.09% 0.006
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
security@elastic.co 5.4 2.8 2.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes-3-5-0-security-update-esa-2026-145/390105
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