CVE-2025-37731 (GCVE-0-2025-37731)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-15 10:42 – Updated: 2025-12-16 04:56
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Summary
Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Elastic Elasticsearch Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.17.29 (semver)
Affected: 8.0.0 , ≤ 8.19.7 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.0 , ≤ 9.1.7 (semver)
Affected: 9.2.0 , ≤ 9.2.1 (semver)
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