CVE-2025-37731

Published Dec 15, 2025

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
security@elastic.co
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
elasticsearch

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.4
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

security@elastic.co
CWE-287
nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations