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CVE-2025-37735.

Source-reported disclosure and enrichment record.

SEVERITY / CVSSHIGH / 7CVSS 3.1 · security@elastic.co
EXPLOITATION STATUSNot listed in the cached KEV catalogThis does not establish absence of exploitation.
RECORD STATUSDeferredModified Oct 07, 2026

Disclosure summary

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.

Source-reported weakness categories

CWE-281

Source-specific records & product guidance

Sources retain their own attribution and scoring. Follow the original record to confirm affected versions, fixed releases, and configuration conditions.

NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2025-37735

Open original source · Updated Oct 07, 2026

Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.

Original records & references

PUBLISHED 2025-11-06T10:15:46-05:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-07T17:10:00-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-08T12:35:14-04:00