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ghsa-c4fv-4x26-f38h

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:36

Modified

2022-05-13 01:36

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.

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CVE-2017-8438 (GCVE-0-2017-8438)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-06-05 14:00

Modified

2024-08-05 16:34

Severity ?

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Summary

Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.

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	https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.elastic.co/community/security	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Elastic	X-Pack Security	Version: 5.0.0 to 5.4.0

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