CVE-2017-8438

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - security@elastic.co

Published

2017-06-05

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-269, CWE-284

Affected products

• X-pack (Elastic)
• X-pack Security (Elastic)

References

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952
• https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released
• https://www.elastic.co/community/security