CVE-2018-3831 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8