Information disclosure in Elastic X-pack Security
CVE-2017-8449
X-Pack Security 5.2.x would allow access to more fields than the user should have seen if the field level security rules used a mix of grant and exclude rules when merging multiple rules with field level security rules for the same index.
EPSS: 0.003 (49.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Elastic X-pack Security — versions before 5.3.0
- Elastic X-pack
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-8449?
- CVE-2017-8449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-06-16.
- How severe is CVE-2017-8449?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.