CVE-2025-37735 HIGH

CVE-2025-37735

Vendor Elastic
Product Kibana
Weakness CWE-281
Published November 6, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 6, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated