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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-37735 · published 6 November 2025

CVE-2025-37735: Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the sys…

Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the system being deleted by the Defend service running as SYSTEM. In some cases, this could result in local privilege escalation.

7.0 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.13% · top 97.7% CWE-281 · CWE-281 Deferred
7.0CVSS 3.1 base score
0.13%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
0Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Improper preservation of permissions in Elastic Defend on Windows hosts can lead to arbitrary files on the system being deleted by the Defend service running as SYSTEM. In some cases, this could result in local privilege escalation.

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

References

LinkTags
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-19-6-9-1-6-and-9-2-0-security-update-esa-2025-23/383272

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-37735), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.