PT-2025-54712 · Maven · Org.Elasticsearch:Elasticsearch

Published 2025-12-15 · Updated 2025-12-15

OSV

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

GHSA-M9GH-789G-Q5PV

Affected Products

Org.Elasticsearch:Elasticsearch

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m9gh-789g-q5pv · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37731 · Security Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/d8a408da79f214395845d99d241e832077045983 · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/e519fe4c51a3c887675eb7daea2f914738847f23 · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/cd97b8566bf56e628070021300784cb9cee0286f · Note
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-27/384063 · Note