CVE-2026-78600 json
Incomplete Cleanup in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Leading to Unauthorized Cross-Namespace Credential Retention
published 2026-09-02 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-03 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-70053
- cvss
- 3.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- elastic elastic_cloud_on_kubernetes 3.5.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Elastic Eck Operator
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-78600
- NVD CVE-2026-78600
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