CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-8448

8.8 HIGH Published 2017-09-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-09-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-269, CWE-284

Description

An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining elevated privileges.

Affected configurations

• elastic x-pack 5.0.0 • elastic x-pack 5.0.1 • elastic x-pack 5.0.2 • elastic x-pack 5.1.1 • elastic x-pack 5.2.0 • elastic x-pack 5.2.1 • elastic x-pack 5.2.2 • elastic x-pack 5.3.0 • elastic x-pack 5.3.1 • elastic x-pack 5.3.2 • elastic x-pack 5.3.3 • elastic x-pack 5.4.0 • elastic x-pack 5.5.0 • elastic x-pack 5.5.2 • elastic x-pack 5.6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References