What is GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq?

GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper Privilege Management in X-Pack

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq cover?

GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-8446. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq?

GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq?

GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq affects 1 product, including: maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack:\u003c 5.5.2.

GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjqMediumCVSS 5.3

Improper Privilege Management in X-Pack

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 13, 2022

Last Modified

February 2, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-8446 →

📋 Description

The Reporting feature in X-Pack in versions prior to 5.5.2 and standalone Reporting plugin versions versions prior to 2.4.6 had an impersonation vulnerability. A user with the reporting_user role could execute a report with the permissions of another reporting user, possibly gaining access to sensitive data.

🎯 Affected products1

maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack:< 5.5.2

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8446
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m728-qvxh-xfjq