{"id":"CVE-2025-37736","title":"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","summary":"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:\n\n\n\n\n\npost:/platform/confi…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"elastic","product":"elastic_cloud_enterprise","affected":["elastic_cloud_enterprise >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.3","elastic_cloud_enterprise >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3"],"patched":["elastic_cloud_enterprise 4.0.3"],"published":"2025-11-07","updated":"2026-10-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-07T21:10:00.200","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37736","references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-3-and-4-0-3-security-update-esa-2025-22/383132","label":"security@elastic.co"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00375,"epssPercentile":0.29361,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-07T21:54:14.983Z","slug":"CVE-2025-37736","body":"## Overview\n\nImproper 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:\n\n\n\n\n\npost:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts\ndelete:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}\npatch:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}\npost:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}/keys\ndelete:/platform/configuration/security/service-accounts/{user_id}/keys/{api_key_id}\npatch:/user\npost:/users\npost:/users/auth/keys\ndelete:/users/auth/keys\ndelete:/users/auth/keys/_all\ndelete:/users/auth/keys/{api_key_id}\ndelete:/users/{user_id}/auth/keys\ndelete:/users/{user_id}/auth/keys/{api_key_id}\ndelete:/users/{user_name}\npatch:/users/{user_name}\n\n## Affected\n\n- `elastic_cloud_enterprise >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.3`\n- `elastic_cloud_enterprise >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `elastic_cloud_enterprise 4.0.3`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}