CVE-2017-8449: X-Pack Security 5.2.x would allow access to more fields than the user should have seen if the field level security rules used a mix of grant and exclude rules…

PriorityP428medium5.9CVSS 3.0

AVNACHPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.83%

53.1th percentile

X-Pack Security 5.2.x would allow access to more fields than the user should have seen if the field level security rules used a mix of grant and exclude rules when merging multiple rules with field level security rules for the same index.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
elastic	elastic_x-pack_security	—	—
elastic	x-pack	5.2.0 – 5.2.2	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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