{"id":"CVE-2026-115708","title":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Authentication Bypass","summary":"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 A…","severity":"high","cvss":7.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-59"],"vendor":"Elastic","product":"Elastic Cloud Enterprise","affected":["cloud_enterprise >= 1.0.0 <= 3.8.5","cloud_enterprise >= 4.0.0 <= 4.2.0"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-30T03:56:16.887825Z"},"published":"2026-10-29","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T17:18:28.766Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115708","references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-215/391262"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00167,"epssPercentile":0.05976,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T16:24:31.186Z","slug":"CVE-2026-115708","body":"## Overview\n\nImproper 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).\n\n## Affected\n\n- `cloud_enterprise >= 1.0.0 <= 3.8.5`\n- `cloud_enterprise >= 4.0.0 <= 4.2.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}