In Elasticsearch versions 6.0.0-beta1 to 6.2.4 a disclosure flaw was found in the _snapshot API.

Published 8 y ago 2018-09-19 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 53%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Elastic Elasticsearch

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

elastic.co /community/security · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
discuss.elastic.co /t/elastic-stack-6-3-0-and-5-6-10-security-update/135777 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-3826
NVD: CVE-2018-3826

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