Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-8446

Title: Elasticsearch X-Pack Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-8446.

CWE Category CWE-269

Published Date Aug 18, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.3 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-8446: The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

Impacted Vendors

elastic 1

elasticsearch 2

Reference Links

https://www.elastic.co/community/security https://www.elastic.co/community/security

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.3

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:N/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