CVE-2017-8438 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0, specifically within its "run_as" functionality. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to bypass intended user transitions, potentially gaining elevated privileges if roles are configured with user templates or if the specified run_as user does not exist. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, posing high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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