What is CVE-2017-8445?

CVE-2017-8445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-8445?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security

CVE-2017-8445

An error was found in the X-Pack Security TLS trust manager for versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.1. If reloading the trust material fails the trust manager will be replaced with an instance that trusts all certificates. This could allow any node usin…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.000 (8.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic X-pack Security — versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.1
Elastic X-pack

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8445?: CVE-2017-8445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-8445?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.