Improper Certificate Validation Affecting org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core package, versions [7.8.1,8.19.8)[9.0.0-beta1,9.1.8)[9.2.0,9.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGELASTICSEARCHPLUGIN-14417581
  • published16 Dec 2025
  • disclosed15 Dec 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-37731  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core to version 8.19.8, 9.1.8, 9.2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation via the PKI realm. An attacker can impersonate other users by presenting specially crafted client certificates signed by a trusted Certificate Authority.

Note: This is only exploitable if the attacker possesses a client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1