# CVE-2024-37282: Privilege escalation in Elastic Cloud Enterprise

> Attackers can use existing API keys to create new keys with elevated privileges, leading to unauthorized access in Elastic Cloud Enterprise.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-739c-hg26-wf67

## What is CVE-2024-37282?

CVE-2024-37282 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Cloud Enterprise, published on 28 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

It was identified that under certain specific preconditions, an API key that was originally created with a specific privileges could be subsequently used to create new API keys that have elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37282?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37282?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37282 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Cloud Enterprise

- [CVE-2025-37729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37729/): Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-37736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37736/): Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-31418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31418/): Elasticsearch uncontrolled resource consumption (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-3828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3828/): Information disclosure in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-23715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23715/): Information disclosure in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37282 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37282 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Cloud Enterprise, published on 28 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Elastic Cloud Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37282/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37282/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37282
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37282
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37282

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37282/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.