What is CVE-2017-8448?

CVE-2017-8448 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-Pack Alerting, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-8448?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Elastic X-Pack Alerting

CVE-2017-8448

An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining elevated privileges.

Published 2017-09-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elastic X-Pack Alerting — versions 5.0.0 to 5.6.0
Elastic X-Pack — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8448?: CVE-2017-8448 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-Pack Alerting, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-8448?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.