A local privilege escalation (LPE) issue was discovered in the ransomware canaries features of Elastic Endpoint Security for Windows, which could allow unprivileged users to elevate their privileges to those of the LocalSystem account.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-23714 is rated Low Risk (35.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.03% | 0.22% | +0.19% |
| 2 | 2026-03-10 | 0.11% | 0.03% | -0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-11-21 | — | 0.11% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| elastic | endpoint_security | >= 7.13.0, <= 7.17.4 | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| elastic | endpoint_security | >= 8.0.0, <= 8.2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-3-1-8-3-0-and-7-17-5-security-update/308613 | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.elastic.co/community/security | Vendor Advisory |