CVE-2022-23714: A local privilege escalation (LPE) issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features of Elastic Endpoint Secur…
- Is it exploited?
Reported, not confirmed by CISA. VulnCheck KEV lists it as exploited in the wild. CISA has not added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of .
VulnCheck KEV lists it since . It cites 1 public report, the first from .
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 0.2%
EPSS score, percentile 14 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.
- How severe?
- Not scored
The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
- What should I do?
CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- Versions 7.13.0 through 7.17.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.2.3
Source: CISA KEV 2026.10.29, as of ; VulnCheck KEV, as of ; FIRST EPSS, as of ; CVE List, as of . About the data.
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.
Source: CVE List, as of . About the data.
What to do
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
This summary is based on the CVE record as of . Check the vendor's advisory before you act: affected versions and fixes can change.
Affected products and versions
Versions by product, as listed in the CVE record (1 product)
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | Versions 7.13.0 through 7.17.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.2.3 |
Source: CVE List, as of . About the data.
Weakness
CWE-264
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record.
Timeline
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References
2
Known exploited Elastic vulnerabilities
- CVE-2014-3120: Elasticsearch Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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