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CVE-2017-8441

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8441 describes a vulnerability in Elastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3, where Document Level Security was not consistently applied to index aliases. This flaw could allow authenticated users with restricted permissions to access data they should not be able to view when interacting with an index alias. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack requiring low privileges, with a potential impact of limited data confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

discuss.elastic.co / t/elastic-stack-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-security-updates/87952
Vendor Advisory
elastic.co / blog/elasticsearch-5-4-1-and-5-3-3-released
Release NotesVendor Advisory
elastic.co / community/security
Vendor Advisory