ElasticCVE-2026-78609
Elastic Eck Operator: improper authorization
Medium5.4CVE-2026-78609 · Published Sep 2, 2026 · updated Sep 4, 2026
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Metadata Spoofing (CAPEC-690). An actor holding limited Kubernetes permissions confined to a single namespace could cause attacker-controlled certificate material to be included in the Elasticsearch client trust bundle managed by ECK in a separate namespace.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Eck Operator Product | >= 2.6.0, <= 3.4.1 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-863
More Elastic advisories
All Elastic| Date | Advisory | Severity | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | Elastic Kibana: improper authorization | Medium4.3 | No fix yet |
| Sep 2 | Elastic Kibana: path traversal | Medium6.5 | No fix yet |
| Sep 2 | Elastic Eck Operator: incomplete cleanup | Low3.5 | No fix yet |
| Sep 2 | Elastic Kibana: missing authorization | Medium5.5 | No fix yet |
| Sep 2 | Elastic Maps Server: path traversal | Medium5.3 | No fix yet |
| Sep 2 | Elastic Agent: insecure permissions | High7.8 | No fix yet |