CERT-FR warns of multiple Elastic Cloud Enterprise vulnerabilities enabling privilege escalation and data exposure (7 CVEs)
CERT-FR published advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1419 on 29 October 2026 about multiple vulnerabilities in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE). Some of the flaws allow an attacker to escalate privileges and to compromise the confidentiality and integrity of data. The advisory also lists security policy bypass as an impact. It relays seven Elastic security bulletins of 29 October 2026 (ESA-2026-211, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221 and 222) covering seven CVEs. The advisory does not report exploitation, threat actors or attack details.
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A vulnerabilidade
CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1419 covers seven vulnerabilities in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE): CVE-2026-115706, 115707, 115708, 115709, 115711, 115712 and 115713. According to the advisory, some of them allow privilege escalation and loss of data confidentiality and integrity, and the listed impacts also include security policy bypass. The advisory gives no per-CVE severity, attack vector or authentication requirements, and it does not say which impact belongs to which CVE. Affected: ECE before 3.8.6, and ECE 4.x before 4.2.1. Fixed in 3.8.6 and 4.2.1.
Como funciona
The articles do not describe how the vulnerable code works. The CERT-FR advisory only lists impacts and affected versions, and leaves the technical details to the Elastic bulletins (ESA-2026-211, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221 and 222), which are not reproduced in the input. It is therefore not possible to say which input or component is involved, or at which step each flaw occurs.
Por que é vulnerável
The root causes are not stated in the available articles. The advisory only says the flaws lead to privilege escalation, loss of data confidentiality and integrity, and security policy bypass. It does not say why they went unnoticed or what the fixes change, other than that the fixed versions are ECE 3.8.6 and 4.2.1.
Como foi descoberta
The articles do not say who found the flaws or how. CERT-FR published its advisory on 29 October 2026, relaying seven Elastic security bulletins issued the same day (ESA-2026-211, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221 and 222, discuss.elastic.co topics 391260 to 391266). The advisory does not report exploitation in the wild or threat actors.
Explicação gerada por IA a partir da matéria e dos artigos, em 30/10/2026 14:23.
Detalhes técnicos
- Impacts: privilege escalation, breach of data confidentiality, breach of data integrity, security policy bypass.
- Affected: Elastic Cloud Enterprise 4.x versions before 4.2.1.
- Affected: Elastic Cloud Enterprise versions before 3.8.6.
- CVEs: CVE-2026-115706, CVE-2026-115707, CVE-2026-115708, CVE-2026-115709, CVE-2026-115711, CVE-2026-115712, CVE-2026-115713.
- The advisory gives no per-CVE detail, attack vector or authentication requirements.
Remediação
- Upgrade ECE to 3.8.6 (3.x branch) or 4.2.1 (4.x branch), as described in the Elastic security bulletins (discuss.elastic.co topics 391260 to 391266).
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CERT-FR warns of multiple Elastic Cloud Enterprise vulnerabilities enabling privilege escalation and data exposure (7 CVEs)
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CERT-FR published advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1419 on 29 October 2026 about multiple vulnerabilities in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE). Some of the flaws allow an attacker to escalate privileges and to compromise the confidentiality and integrity of data. The advisory also lists security policy bypass as an impact. It relays seven Elastic security bulletins of 29 October 2026 (ESA-2026-211, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221 and 222) covering seven CVEs. The advisory does not report exploitation, threat actors or attack details.
Technical Details
- Impacts: privilege escalation, breach of data confidentiality, breach of data integrity, security policy bypass.
- Affected: Elastic Cloud Enterprise 4.x versions before 4.2.1.
- Affected: Elastic Cloud Enterprise versions before 3.8.6.
- CVEs: CVE-2026-115706, CVE-2026-115707, CVE-2026-115708, CVE-2026-115709, CVE-2026-115711, CVE-2026-115712, CVE-2026-115713.
- The advisory gives no per-CVE detail, attack vector or authentication requirements.
Remediation
- Upgrade ECE to 3.8.6 (3.x branch) or 4.2.1 (4.x branch), as described in the Elastic security bulletins (discuss.elastic.co topics 391260 to 391266).