CVE-2025-37731 (GCVE-0-2025-37731)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-15 10:42
Modified
2025-12-16 04:56
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch |
Version: 7.0.0 ≤ 7.17.29 Version: 8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.7 Version: 9.0.0 ≤ 9.1.7 Version: 9.2.0 ≤ 9.2.1 |
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| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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