Missing Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure (CVE-2026-78607)
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Elasticsearch custom inference service can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). A user holding only inference execution privileges could cause outbound inference traffic to be directed to a destination of their choosing and could cause administrator-provisioned credentials to be exposed.
Missing Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure (CVE-2026-78607)
Description
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Elasticsearch custom inference service can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). A user holding only inference execution privileges could cause outbound inference traffic to be directed to a destination of their choosing and could cause administrator-provisioned credentials to be exposed.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-elasticsearch-2026-78607
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.6.2
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-78607"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- High
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a998f5cacd9273b49192a1d
Added to database: 09/03/2026, 15:16:44 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 15:18:13 UTC
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