CVE-2017-8448

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

<1%p56

Published

Sep 29, 2017 (Sep 29, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: elastic
Products: x-pack
Weakness: CWE-284, CWE-269
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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