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High · 8.8 CVE-2018-3831 EUVD-2022-5136GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch

Published Sep 19, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by elastic

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Elastic Elasticsearch before 5.6.12 and 6.4.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.12 5.6.12 GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.1 6.4.1 GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g

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