What is GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g?

GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g cover?

GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2018-3831. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g?

GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g?

GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g affects 2 products, including: maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:\u003e= 5.6.0, \u003c 5.6.12; maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:\u003e= 6.0.0, \u003c 6.4.1.

GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4gHighCVSS 8.8

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Elasticsearch

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 13, 2022

Last Modified

January 27, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-3831 →

📋 Description

Elasticsearch Alerting and Monitoring in versions before 6.4.1 or 5.6.12 have an information disclosure issue when secrets are configured via the API. The Elasticsearch _cluster/settings API, when queried, could leak sensitive configuration information such as passwords, tokens, or usernames. This could allow an authenticated Elasticsearch user to improperly view these details.

🎯 Affected products2

maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.12
maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:>= 6.0.0, < 6.4.1

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3831
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-1-and-5-6-12-security-update/149035
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g