CVE-2018-3828 Information disclosure in Elastic Cloud Enterprise
Attackers with log access can steal leaked credentials from Elastic Cloud Enterprise logs to perform authenticated actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-3828?
CVE-2018-3828 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elastic Cloud Enterprise, published on 19 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4 contain an information exposure vulnerability. It was discovered that certain exception conditions would result in encryption keys, passwords, and other security sensitive headers being leaked to the allocator logs. An attacker with access to the logging cluster may obtain leaked credentials and perform authenticated actions using these credentials.
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3828?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3828?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-3828 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3828 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-8r79-689g-cpr3.