Elasticsearch 8.19.22, 9.4.7, 9.5.4 Security Update (ESA-2026-197)

Incorrect Authorization in Elasticsearch Leading to Privilege Escalation Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Elasticsearch can lead to Privilege Escalation via a delegated administrative privilege whose scope is not fully enforced during authorization checks. Elasticsearch contains an incorrect authorization weakness in a configurable, non-default privilege that lets an administrator delegate limited role-management capability to another user, scoped to specific indices. The authorization check that enforces this scoping does not correctly account for a role-definition setting that can expan…

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