CVE details
CVE-2025-37731
Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.
- Score
- 6.8 medium
- Published
- 2025-12-15
- Links
- NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data
Matched ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| textproc/py-elasticsearch7 | py312-elasticsearch7 | 7.17.13 | unaddressed | sunpoet@FreeBSD.org |
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Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>py312-elasticsearch7</name>
<range><lt>8.19.8</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user
impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious
actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a
legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2025-37731</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37731</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2025-12-15</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-26</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>