Auth bypass in Elastic Cloud Enterprise
CVE-2018-3829
In Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4 it was discovered that a user could scale out allocators on new hosts with an invalid roles token. An attacker with access to the previous runner ID and IP address of the coordinator-host could add a allocator to an existing ECE install to gain access to other clusters data.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Elastic Cloud Enterprise — versions before 1.1.4
- Elastic Cloud Enterprise
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.elastic.co/community/security (Vendor Advisory)
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-1-4-security-update/135778 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-3829?
- CVE-2018-3829 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Cloud Enterprise, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-09-19.
- How severe is CVE-2018-3829?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.