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CVE-2017-8441

Elastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 did not always correctly apply Document Level Security to index aliases. This bug could allow a user with restricted permissions to view data they should not have access to when performing certain operations against an index alias.

Published

2017-06-05T14:29:00.387

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-279
Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	elastic	x-pack	< 5.3.3	Yes
Application	elastic	x-pack	< 5.4.1	Yes

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.elastic.co/community/security Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)