What is CVE-2018-3826?

CVE-2018-3826 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-3826?

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

Information disclosure in Elastic Elasticsearch

CVE-2018-3826

In Elasticsearch versions 6.0.0-beta1 to 6.2.4 a disclosure flaw was found in the _snapshot API. When the access_key and security_key parameters are set using the _snapshot API they can be exposed as plain text by users able to query the _snapshot API.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.007 (49.1th 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 Elasticsearch — versions 6.0.0, 6.0.0-beta1 to 6.2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3826?: CVE-2018-3826 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-3826?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.