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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-3829 · published 19 September 2018

CVE-2018-3829: Elastic cloud enterprise improper authorization vulnerability

Elastic · Elastic Cloud Enterprise

In Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4 it was discovered that a user could scale out allocators on new hosts with an invalid roles token. An attacker with access to the previous runner ID and IP address of the coordinator-host could add a allocator to an existing ECE install to gain access to other clusters data.

5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.90% · top 42.1% CWE-285 · Improper authorizationCWE-290 · Authentication bypass by spoofing
5.3CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5
0.90%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

In Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4 it was discovered that a user could scale out allocators on new hosts with an invalid roles token. An attacker with access to the previous runner ID and IP address of the coordinator-host could add a allocator to an existing ECE install to gain access to other clusters data.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-1-4-security-update/135778 Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-1-4-security-update/135778 Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-3829), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.