CVE-2017-8447

N/A
Published: September 28, 2017 at 07:00 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 0.6%

Description

An error was found in the X-Pack Security 5.3.0 to 5.5.2 privilege enforcement. If a user has either 'delete' or 'index' permissions on an index in a cluster, they may be able to issue both delete and index requests against that index.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

X Pack· Elasticelastic-plugin
95%

Remediation

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CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-269

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