{"id":"CVE-2026-115712","title":"Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Platform Settings","summary":"Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to unauthorized modification of platform-level settings via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user with read-…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"Elastic","product":"Elastic Cloud Enterprise","affected":["cloud_enterprise >= 3.8.0 <= 3.8.5","cloud_enterprise >= 4.0.0 <= 4.2.0"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-29T14:38:05.538290Z"},"published":"2026-10-29","updated":"2026-10-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-29T16:49:21.112Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115712","references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-221/391265"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00245,"epssPercentile":0.15902,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-01T21:01:32.744Z","slug":"CVE-2026-115712","body":"## Overview\n\nIncorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to unauthorized modification of platform-level settings via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user with read-only access to the platform can change an installation-wide account setting that only platform administrators are permitted to change.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `cloud_enterprise >= 3.8.0 <= 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":"sunlit","depthScore":24,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}