CVE-2017-8441 (GCVE-0-2017-8441)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-06-05 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:34
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-279 - Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions
Summary
Elastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 did not always correctly apply Document Level Security to index aliases. This bug could allow a user with restricted permissions to view data they should not have access to when performing certain operations against an index alias.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Elastic X-Pack Security Version: prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3
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