What is CVE-2017-8441?

CVE-2017-8441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack, classified under Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-8441?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Elastic X-pack

CVE-2017-8441

Elastic 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 per…

EPSS: 0.001 (32.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic X-pack
Elastic X-pack Security — versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8441?: CVE-2017-8441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack, classified under Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-8441?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.