ElasticsearchGHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch
High8.8CVE-2018-3831 · Published May 13, 2022 · updated Nov 8, 2023
Elasticsearch Alerting and Monitoring in versions before 6.4.1 or 5.6.12 have an information disclosure issue when secrets are configured via the API. The Elasticsearch _cluster/settings API, when queried, could leak sensitive configuration information such as passwords, tokens, or usernames. This could allow an authenticated Elasticsearch user to improperly view these details.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Maven | >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.12 | 5.6.12 |
| >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.1 | 6.4.1 |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- GitHub (reviewed advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Also known as
- CVE-2018-3831
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