CVE-2026-78609

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.

  • Published Sep 2, 2026
  • CVSS 5.4 medium
  • 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)

Affected software

CVE-2026-78609 at the National Vulnerability Database