CVE-2018-3825 Hardcoded credentials in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)
Attackers can access tenant configuration data via ZooKeeper due to a predictable default master encryption key in Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-3825?
CVE-2018-3825 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE), published on 19 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4 a default master encryption key is used in the process of granting ZooKeeper access to Elasticsearch clusters. Unless explicitly overwritten, this master key is predictable across all ECE deployments. If an attacker can connect to ZooKeeper directly they would be able to access configuration information of other tenants if their cluster ID is known.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3825?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3825?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3825 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-3825 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3825 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)
- CVE-2025-37729 Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
- CVE-2025-37736 Elastic Cloud Enterprise Improper Authorization
- CVE-2024-37282 Privilege escalation in Elastic Cloud Enterprise
- CVE-2023-31418 Elasticsearch uncontrolled resource consumption
- CVE-2018-3828 Information disclosure in Elastic Cloud Enterprise
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4xqm-vfvr-257f.