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CVE-2017-8446 Details

Description

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.elastic.co/community/security CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management[email protected]
CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
elasticsearch x-pack
<= 5.5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:x-pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
elasticsearch x-pack reporting
<= 2.4.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:x-pack_reporting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8446
NVD Published Date:
Aug 18, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]