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 crea…

Published 9 y ago 2017-09-28 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.9%

percentile 58%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.85% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Elastic Elastic X-Pack Alerting

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

discuss.elastic.co /t/x-pack-alerting-and-kibana-5-6-1-security-update/101884 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-8448
NVD: CVE-2017-8448

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