What is CVE-2018-3817?

CVE-2018-3817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Logstash, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-3817?

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

Information disclosure in Elastic Logstash

CVE-2018-3817

When logging warnings regarding deprecated settings, Logstash before 5.6.6 and 6.x before 6.1.2 could inadvertently log sensitive information.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th 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 6.1.2 or 5.6.6

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3817?: CVE-2018-3817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Logstash, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-3817?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.