Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-8441

Title: Elastic X-Pack Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-8441.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Jun 05, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.73%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

elastic 1

elasticsearch 1

Reference Links

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 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

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns