X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 Vulnerability: Privilege Escalation through Watch Creation

CVE-2017-8448 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining elevated privileges.

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