CVE-2017-8448 (GCVE-0-2017-8448)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-28 19:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:34
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Elastic Elastic X-Pack Alerting Version: 5.0.0 to 5.6.0
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