What is CVE-2017-8450?

CVE-2017-8450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-8450?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Elastic X-pack Security

CVE-2017-8450

X-Pack 5.1.1 did not properly apply document and field level security to multi-search and multi-get requests so users without access to a document and/or field may have been able to access this information.

EPSS: 0.002 (48.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic X-pack Security — versions 5.1.1
Elastic X-pack — versions 5.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8450?: CVE-2017-8450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-pack Security, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-8450?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.