CVE-2018-3831
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.82%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-3831
To remediate CVE-2018-3831, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.6.12 or later
Is CVE-2018-3831 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.12
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |