GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g

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    GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-3831

    Summary: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3831, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-1-and-5-6-12-security-update/149035, https://www.elastic.co/community/security

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 5.6.0
    Fixed -5.6.12

    Affected versions

    5.6.0
    5.6.1
    5.6.10
    5.6.11
    5.6.2
    5.6.3
    5.6.4
    5.6.5
    5.6.6
    5.6.7
    5.6.8
    5.6.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High