CVE-2017-8448

moderate-risk

Published 2017-09-29

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.

Do I need to act?

0.31% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (15)

X-Pack

Affected Vendors

Elastic

References (2)

Mitigation https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/10...

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moderate-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 18/34 · Moderate