CVE-2018-3831

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - security@elastic.co

Published

2018-09-19

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Elasticsearch (Elastic)

References

• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-1-and-5-6-12-security-update/149035
• https://www.elastic.co/community/security