FKIE_CVE-2017-8441

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-06-05 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:26
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@elastic.cohttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952Vendor Advisory
security@elastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-releasedRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@elastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-releasedRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elastic x-pack *
elastic x-pack *
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