VDB-428437 · CVE-2026-115707 · GCVE-0-2026-115707

Elastic Cloud Enterprise up to 3.8.5/4.2.0 Certificate Rotation file information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Elastic Cloud Enterprise up to 3.8.5/4.2.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Certificate Rotation. This manipulation causes file information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-115707. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Elastic Cloud Enterprise up to 3.8.5/4.2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Certificate Rotation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a file information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-538. The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory (CWE-538) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) can lead to privilege escalation via Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data (CAPEC-37). After the ECE certificate rotation procedure runs, data that it retains contains platform credentials and certificate authority private keys, and lower-privileged platform components can read this data. An attacker who controls any host in the installation can use this data to get full control of the ECE control plane and of the deployments that it manages.

The advisory is shared at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-115707 since 10/23/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1083 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.8.6 or 4.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Cloud Software

Vendor

Elastic

Name

Cloud Enterprise

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.4
CNA Vector (elastic): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: File information disclosure
CWE: CWE-538 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Cloud Enterprise 3.8.6/4.2.1

Timelineinfo

10/23/2026 CVE reserved
10/29/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CNA: elastic
CVE: CVE-2026-115707 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-115707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-428437

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2026 15:33
Changes: 10/29/2026 15:33 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103