CVE-2017-8441

Elastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 did not always correctly apply Document Level Security to index aliases. This bug could allow a user with restricted permissions to view data they should not have access to when performing certain operations against an index alias.

Score

CVSS 3.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - security@elastic.co

Published

2017-06-05

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-200, CWE-279

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