### [CVE-2017-8441](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8441)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.