What is CVE-2017-8447?

CVE-2017-8447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-8447?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Elastic X-pack Security

CVE-2017-8447

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (29.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic X-pack Security — versions 5.3.0 to 5.5.2
Elastic X-pack — versions 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8447?: CVE-2017-8447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-8447?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.