CVE-2026-78607

high

Description

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Elasticsearch custom inference service can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). A user holding only inference execution privileges could cause outbound inference traffic to be directed to a destination of their choosing and could cause administrator-provisioned credentials to be exposed.

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-143/390094

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-01

Updated: 2026-09-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00165