CVE-2017-8448
CVE-2017-8448
8.8
HighPublished:
Last updated:
Source:security@elastic.co
Modified
CVSS Vector
v3.0- Attack Vector
- Network
- Attack Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- Low
- User Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Description
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.
References
security@elastic.co
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884