CVE-2026-78609Incorrect Authorization in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data
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Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Metadata Spoofing (CAPEC-690). An actor holding limited Kubernetes permissions confined to a single namespace could cause attacker-controlled certificate material to be included in the Elasticsearch client trust bundle managed by ECK in a separate namespace.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-863
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- elastic
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Elastic Eck Operator elastic:eck_operator (from the name) | from 2.6.0 through 3.4.1 | CNA record |
elastic elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes elastic:elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes | from 2.6.0 before 3.5.0 | NVD |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-on-kubernetes-3-5-0-security-update-esa-2026-145/390105vendor-advisory
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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