---
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:






  post:/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'
---

## Overview

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}

## Affected

- `elastic_cloud_enterprise >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.3`
- `elastic_cloud_enterprise >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.3`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `elastic_cloud_enterprise 4.0.3`