{"id":"CVE-2017-8447","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8447","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:31.684Z","title":"An error was found in the X-Pack Security 5.3.0 to 5.5.2 privilege enforcement.","description":"An error was found in the X-Pack Security 5.3.0 to 5.5.2 privilege enforcement. If a user has either 'delete' or 'index' permissions on an index in a cluster, they may be able to issue both delete and index requests against that index.","published":"2017-09-29T01:34:51.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:26:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-284","CWE-269"],"affected":["elastic/x-pack"],"epss":{"score":0.00612,"percentile":0.49109,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-5-6-0-and-5-5-3-security-update/100089","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8447","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}