description: An error was found in the permission model used by X-Pack Alerting 5.0.0 to 5.6.0 whereby users mapped to certain built-in roles could create a watch that results in that user gaining elevated privileges.
problem types: CWE-284: Improper Access Control
affected:
{
product: Elastic X-Pack Alerting
vendor: Elastic
versions:
status: affected, version: 5.0.0 to 5.6.0
}