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CVE-2017-8444

Published: Sep 28, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-319
NVD MITRE
5.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The client-forwarder in Elastic Cloud Enterprise versions prior to 1.0.2 do not properly encrypt traffic to ZooKeeper. If an attacker is able to man in the middle (MITM) the traffic between the client-forwarder and ZooKeeper they could potentially obtain sensitive data.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-319NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Elastic Cloud EnterpriseElasticDatabases
cloud enterpriseelasticsearch
On-prem
Databases / nosql
elasticcommercialUSDatabasesaka elasticsearch co., elastic.co
elasticsearchcommercialDatabasesaka elastic, elasticsearch service

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Credential Access
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References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-0-2-security-update/100247
discuss.elastic.co

Timeline

Published
Sep 28, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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