# CVE-2026-115706: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Privilege Escalation

> CVE-2026-115706: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Leading to Privilege Escalation. CVSS 6.8 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-115706
Last updated: 2026-10-30T18:17:22Z

- Published: 2026-10-29 14:09 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-30 18:17 UTC · Assigner: elastic
- CVSS: 6.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.25%, 16th percentile (scored 2026-11-04)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-639

## Description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to privilege escalation via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An attacker who controls any host in an ECE installation can obtain credentials that are reserved for other platform roles. These credentials can give the attacker full control of the ECE control plane and of the deployments that it manages.

## Affected vendors and products

- Elastic: Elastic Cloud Enterprise

## Tracked companies

- [Elastic Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/elastic-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115706)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115706)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-211/391260](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-ece-3-8-6-and-4-2-1-security-update-esa-2026-211/391260)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-115706 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-115706.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-115706 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T16:19:37.079Z