CVE-2017-8441

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8441
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerelastic
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-05 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionElastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 did not always correctly apply Document Level Security to index aliases. This bug could allow a user with restricted permissions to view data they should not have access to when performing certain operations against an index alias.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-279 | CWE-200 | CWE-279 CWE-279: Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elastic X-pack All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Elastic X-Pack Security affected prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Elasticsearch 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 released | Elastic af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.elastic.co Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Elastic Stack 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 Security updates - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 discuss.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
www.elastic.co/community/security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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