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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-37736

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.

Published Nov 7, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-37736. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.40%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) 3.8.0 ≤3.8.2

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

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) 3.8.0 ≤3.8.23.8.0 ≤3.8.2

How to fix CVE-2025-37736

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-37736. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) 3.8.0 ≤3.8.2 3.8.0 ≤3.8.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.40%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 7, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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}

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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}

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-37736

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-37736

    30-day exploitation probability 0.40%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-38342

    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:/platf

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026