CVE-2025-37735
CVSS Score
7.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-281 |
| Vendor | elastic |
| Product | kibana |
| Published | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Feb 26, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Elastic / Kibana
8.0.0 ≤ 8.19.5 9.0.0 ≤ 9.1.5