Granting kibana_system reserved role access to "all" privileges to .i…

…nternal.preview.alerts* index (#80889) (#81392) Co-authored-by: Davis Plumlee <56367316+dplumlee@users.noreply.github.com>
elastic · Dec 6, 2021 · 78918cf · 78918cf
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diff --git a/...e/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java b/...e/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStore.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class ReservedRolesStore implements BiConsumer<Set<String>, ActionListene
     public static final String ALERTS_BACKING_INDEX = ".internal.alerts*";
     public static final String ALERTS_INDEX_ALIAS = ".alerts*";
     public static final String PREVIEW_ALERTS_INDEX_ALIAS = ".preview.alerts*";
+    public static final String PREVIEW_ALERTS_BACKING_INDEX_ALIAS = ".internal.preview.alerts*";
 
     public static final RoleDescriptor SUPERUSER_ROLE_DESCRIPTOR = new RoleDescriptor(
         "superuser",
@@ -678,6 +679,12 @@ public static RoleDescriptor kibanaSystemRoleDescriptor(String name) {
                 // "Alerts as data" public index alias used in Security Solution
                 // Kibana system user uses them to read / write alerts.
                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices(ReservedRolesStore.PREVIEW_ALERTS_INDEX_ALIAS).privileges("all").build(),
+                // "Alerts as data" internal backing indices used in Security Solution
+                // Kibana system user creates these indices; reads / writes to them via the aliases (see below).
+                RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder()
+                    .indices(ReservedRolesStore.PREVIEW_ALERTS_BACKING_INDEX_ALIAS)
+                    .privileges("all")
+                    .build(),
                 // Endpoint / Fleet policy responses. Kibana requires read access to send telemetry
                 RoleDescriptor.IndicesPrivileges.builder().indices("metrics-endpoint.policy-*").privileges("read").build(),
                 // Endpoint metrics. Kibana requires read access to send telemetry

diff --git a/.../test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java b/.../test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/authz/store/ReservedRolesStoreTests.java
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ public void testKibanaSystemRole() {
             ReservedRolesStore.ALERTS_LEGACY_INDEX + randomAlphaOfLength(randomIntBetween(0, 13)),
             ReservedRolesStore.ALERTS_BACKING_INDEX + randomAlphaOfLength(randomIntBetween(0, 13)),
             ReservedRolesStore.ALERTS_INDEX_ALIAS + randomAlphaOfLength(randomIntBetween(0, 13)),
-            ReservedRolesStore.PREVIEW_ALERTS_INDEX_ALIAS + randomAlphaOfLength(randomIntBetween(0, 13))
+            ReservedRolesStore.PREVIEW_ALERTS_INDEX_ALIAS + randomAlphaOfLength(randomIntBetween(0, 13)),
+            ReservedRolesStore.PREVIEW_ALERTS_BACKING_INDEX_ALIAS + randomAlphaOfLength(randomIntBetween(0, 13))
         ).forEach(index -> assertAllIndicesAccessAllowed(kibanaRole, index));
 
         // read-only index access, including cross cluster