Exposure of Access and Security Keys in Elasticsearch _snapshot API

Exposure of Access and Security Keys in Elasticsearch _snapshot API

CVE-2018-3826 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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