CVE-2018-3831

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-3831
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-19 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-07 15:29:00 UTC
DescriptionElasticsearch 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elastic Elasticsearch All All All All
Application Elastic Elasticsearch All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Elastic Stack 6.4.1 and 5.6.12 security update - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack CONFIRM discuss.elastic.co Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
www.elastic.co/community/security CONFIRM www.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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