Incorrect Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure
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- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Data gap: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Reach: unknown (data gap). No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity4.3/10CVSS 4.3
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 67 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 62 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 31 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
CVE-2026-115298 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 4.3 (medium) and affects Elasticsearch; no fixed version is listed yet.
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- Published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 12/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
Elasticsearch, the search and analytics engine, is affected by this flaw. An authenticated user with field-level security restrictions can read the values of a constant_keyword field that their role should block, leading to unauthorized disclosure of information.
Read the original description
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can lead to information disclosure via Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (CAPEC-1). An authenticated user whose index access is restricted by field-level security can retrieve the value of a constant_keyword field that their role excludes. Some search and query features do not apply the field-level security restriction to this field type.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Elastic Elasticsearch
From 8.0.0 · through 8.19.23; From 9.0.0 · through 9.4.8; From 9.5.0 · through 9.5.5
Evidence 1
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Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-115298
Is CVE-2026-115298 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-115298?
Elasticsearch: from 8.0.0 through 8.19.23; from 9.0.0 through 9.4.8; from 9.5.0 through 9.5.5.Source: cve.now feed data