What is CVE-2016-10362?

CVE-2016-10362 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Logstash, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-10362?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Elastic Logstash

CVE-2016-10362

Prior to Logstash version 5.0.1, Elasticsearch Output plugin when updating connections after sniffing, would log to file HTTP basic auth credentials.

EPSS: 0.003 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Elastic Logstash — versions before 5.0.1
Elasticsearch Output_plugin

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10362?: CVE-2016-10362 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Logstash, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-10362?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.