CVE-2018-3831 is a vulnerability in Elasticsearch
Published on September 19, 2018
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.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2018-3831 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
Elasticsearch Version before 5.6.12 and 6.4.1 is affected by CVE-2018-3831Exploit Probability
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