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GSD-2017-8441

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
Elastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 did not always correctly apply Document Level Security to index aliases. This bug could allow a user with restricted permissions to view data they should not have access to when performing certain operations against an index alias.
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