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.
Published: 2017-09-28
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17398 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.975Z

Reserved: 2017-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8448

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-29T01:34:50.607

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8448

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Weaknesses