CVE-2017-8438

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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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Las versiones 5.0.0 hasta 5.4.0 de Elastic X-Pack Security contienen un error de escalaci\u00f3n de privilegios en la funcionalidad run_as. Este error impide la transici\u00f3n al usuario establecido, especificado en una petici\u00f3n de run_as. Si un rol ha sido creado utilizando una plantilla que contiene las propiedades de _user, el comportamiento de run_as ser\u00e1 incorrecto. Adem\u00e1s, si el usuario run_as especificado no existe, la transici\u00f3n no se pasar\u00e1."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C15893C0-5FFF-4A60-940F-C69EBF60CE62"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BFE40EC5-19CF-4DDC-98CF-DEA035CBBDED"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "F2ABFD3F-65B8-45CA-8AA0-DD9FC0E668E5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "26C9B833-CFB8-4CC3-A28D-E5320276E5D6"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "444B1E15-1BEF-479B-8DEA-1DB5ACE7C051"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BF9945D4-5B3B-41B3-9F94-DB11A8F7E262"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C26D394C-DE12-489F-B7E1-DF4C28BB404B"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "109A47C4-A688-4712-969F-08859B2A7923"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "761A9E6A-DBC5-48E4-8A79-A90F65C28E0F"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "8BAAB65B-1C7C-4929-ACAA-9993E1626FF6"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BE9F72ED-C37A-435D-9253-801C97C50753"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "965A9F08-9C79-436D-98BA-DAC4F5D71EF7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elastic:x-pack:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "86D9F09D-81BD-4B6E-8016-E6EAF2D68E5D"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "bressers@elastic.co"}