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.
Published: 2026-09-01
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Missing Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Elastic Elasticsearch
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-01T19:41:19.721Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T21:13:52.890Z

Link: CVE-2026-78607

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-01T19:41:16.577Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-01T20:17:24.030

Modified: 2026-09-01T21:05:31.423

Link: CVE-2026-78607

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T02:15:12Z

Weaknesses