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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-8448

CVE-2017-8448

Description

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.

Affected products

16
  • Elastic/X Pack15 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Elastic/Elastic X-Pack Alertingv5
    Range: 5.0.0 to 5.6.0

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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