CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-8438

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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 in a run_as request, leading to incorrect behavior.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to resources if roles were created using templates containing _user properties. Additionally, if the specified run_as user does not exist, the transition will not occur, potentially leading to unpredictable system behavior.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Elastic X-Pack Security to a version that does not contain this vulnerability. Also, verify role and user configurations to ensure they are correct.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS