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TI-2017-05981 Aliases CVE-2017-8441GHSA-5r8r-2h6m-393g

Information disclosure in Elastic X-Pack Security

Priority LOW 21CWE-279Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Elastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 did not always correctly apply Document Level Security to index aliases. This bug could allow a user with restricted permissions to view data they should not have access to when performing certain operations against an index alias.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00733 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ElasticX-Pack Securityprior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3—No fix listedCNA
  • X-Pack Security VendorElastic Affected prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3.0 to before 5.3.3; 5.4.0 to before 5.4.1VulnerableElastic
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.0 to before 5.3.3; 5.4.0 to before 5.4.1 Vulnerable ·Elastic

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8441
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5r8r-2h6m-393g

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2018-02792 Improper authentication in Elastic X-Pack Security CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05988 Improper access control in Elastic X-Pack Alerting CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-05978 Improper access control in Elastic X-Pack Security CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-05990 Incorrect permission assignment in Elastic X-Pack Security CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-05982 Information disclosure in Elasticsearch X-Pack Security CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2017-05987 Improper access control in Elastic X-Pack Security CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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