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.

EPSS: 0.003 (54.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_MISC, 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.