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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-23714 · published 6 July 2022

CVE-2022-23714: Elastic endpoint security permissions and access controls vulnerability

Elastic · Endpoint Security

A local privilege escalation (LPE) issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.23% · top 87.4% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.2
0.23%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A local privilege escalation (LPE) issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613 MitigationVendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613 MitigationVendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-23714), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.