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Servers and applications

CVE-2018-3831

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.

Severity
High 8.8
Published
19 Sept 2018
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
5.6.12, 6.4.1
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
ElasticsearchServers and applications · cpe:a:elastic:elasticsearch
  • From 5.6.0 before 5.6.12
  • From 6.0.0 before 6.4.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3831
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3831