Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-115713 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-115713 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-115713?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 29 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Elastic Cloud Enterprise 4.1.0 to 4.2.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-115713?
- Yes: fixed in 4.2.1. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-115713 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-115713?
- Check whether you run Elastic Cloud Enterprise at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 4.2.1
Technical details
A symlink-following vulnerability (CWE-59) in Elastic Cloud Enterprise versions 4.1.0 through 4.2.0 allows local code execution within an Enterprise Search container to follow symbolic links and access files outside the intended directory scope. The vulnerability requires an attacker to have already achieved code execution inside the container and affects only deployments that include Enterprise Search. Fixed in ECE 4.2.1 and later.
Affected products
- Elastic Cloud Enterprise 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-29: disclosed