CVE-2017-8447
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An error was found in the X-Pack Security 5.3.0 to 5.5.2 privilege enforcement. If a user has either 'delete' or 'index' permissions on an index in a cluster, they may be able to issue both delete and index requests against that index.
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affected products (8)
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references (4)
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- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884Patchcnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089MitigationVendor Advisorynvd
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