CVE-2026-115708

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Authentication Bypass

State: Published
Severity: 7.2 High
Published: Oct 29, 2026
Updated: Oct 30, 2026
Reserved: Oct 23, 2026

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Description

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') (CWE-59) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to authentication bypass and unauthorized changes to the configuration of other deployments on the same host via Symlink Attack (CAPEC-132).

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N	elastic

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Elastic Cloud EnterpriseElastic	1.0.0 through 3.8.5Affected 4.0.0 through 4.2.0Affected

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-215/391262

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