CVE-2026-78600
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CVE-2026-78600 is a low-severity vulnerability rated 3.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Incomplete Cleanup (CWE-459) in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) can lead to unauthorized access via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). Authentication credentials persist after a cross-namespace association has been denied by RBAC enforcement, allowing a low-privileged tenant to retain unauthorized read access to the associated Elasticsearch cluster.. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Incomplete Cleanup (CWE-459) in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) can lead to unauthorized access via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). Authentication credentials persist after a cross-namespace association has been denied by RBAC enforcement, allowing a low-privileged tenant to retain unauthorized read access to the associated Elasticsearch cluster.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic Cloud On Kubernetes | >= 2.6.0, < 3.5.0 |
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