CVE-2017-8447
MEDIUMElastic X-Pack Security 5.3.0-5.5.2 - Improper Privilege Management
Title source: llmDescription
An error was found in the X-Pack Security 5.3.0 to 5.5.2 privilege enforcement. If a user has either 'delete' or 'index' permissions on an index in a cluster, they may be able to issue both delete and index requests against that index.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-269
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (8)
Elastic/Elastic X-Pack Security
5.3.0 to 5.5.2
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
Published
Sep 29, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026