Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Information Disclosure and Data Modification

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-115713
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerelastic
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-29 15:17:18 UTC
Updated2026-10-30 15:07:50 UTC
DescriptionImproper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') (CWE-59) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to unauthorized read and write access to data of other deployments on the same host via Symlink Attack (CAPEC-132).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001570000 probability, percentile 0.048250000 (date 2026-10-30)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | CWE-59 CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise affected 4.1.0 4.2.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026... [email protected] discuss.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
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