CVE-2025-37731
Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-287
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- elastic:elasticsearch
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv | Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | >=7.0.0-alpha1 <8.19.8 | 8.19.8 |
| GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv | Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | >=9.0.0-beta1 <9.1.8 | 9.1.8 |
| GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv | Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | >=9.2.0 <9.2.2 | 9.2.2 |
| GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv | Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core | >=7.0.0-alpha1 <8.19.8 | 8.19.8 |
| GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv | Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core | >=9.0.0-beta1 <9.1.8 | 9.1.8 |
| GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv | Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core | >=9.2.0 <9.2.2 | 9.2.2 |