CVE-2017-8447 Privilege escalation in Elastic X-Pack Security
Users with delete or index permissions can perform both actions, leading to privilege escalation and unauthorized data modification in Elastic clusters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-8447?
CVE-2017-8447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic X-Pack Security, published on 28 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8447?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic X-Pack.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8447?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8447 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-8447 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8447 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic X-Pack Security
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gr96-2h6w-pf97.