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.

Published 2017-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elastic Logstash — versions before 5.0.1
Elasticsearch Output Plugin

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99154 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

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.