CVE-2017-8438
N/A
Published: June 5, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorX Pack
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-releasedx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.elastic.co/community/securityQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-269
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