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CVE-2017-8438 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security CVEVendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952 [email protected]Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management[email protected]
CWE-284Improper Access Control[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
elastic x-pack
5.0.0
5.0.1
5.0.2
5.1.0
5.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8438
NVD Published Date:
Jun 5, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-8438 Details - Not Deferred