PT-2017-18340
CVE-2017-8448
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Published
2017-09-28
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Updated
2019-10-09
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
X-Pack Alerting versions 5.0.0 through 5.6.0
Description
An issue was discovered in the permission model of X-Pack Alerting, where users assigned to specific built-in roles could create a watch, resulting in elevated privileges for that user.
Recommendations
For versions 5.0.0 through 5.6.0, consider restricting the creation of watches for users mapped to certain built-in roles until a fix is available.
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