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CVE-2017-8438

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.03%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-8438
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.03%

Original NVD Description

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.

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