What is CVE-2017-8446?

CVE-2017-8446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-Pack Reporting, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-8446?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Elastic X-Pack Reporting

CVE-2017-8446

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic X-pack Reporting — versions Before 5.5.2 and 2.4.6
Elasticsearch X-pack
Elasticsearch X-pack_reporting

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8446?: CVE-2017-8446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-Pack Reporting, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-8446?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.