CVE-2017-8448

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284 CWE-269

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Elastic	Elastic X-Pack Alerting	5.0.0 to 5.6.0

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 29, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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