CVE-2017-8448 — Improper Access Control in X-pack Alerting

CWE-284 — Improper Access ControlCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Elastic X-pack AlertingElastic X-pack
Timeline
PublishedSep 29
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5elastic/elastic_x-pack_alerting5.0.0 to 5.6.0
▶NVDelastic/x-pack15 versions+14

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-frvx-m4v3-94v5: An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5↗2022-05-13
▶
CVEList
CVE-2017-8448: An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5↗2017-09-28
▶
CVE-2017-8448 — Improper Access Control in Elastic | cvebase