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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17389 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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

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Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.961Z

Reserved: 2017-05-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8438

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-06-05T14:29:00.280

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8438

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