Medium severity · published Mar 30, 2018
CVE-2018-3817
When logging warnings regarding deprecated settings, Logstash before 5.6.6 and 6.x before 6.1.2 could inadvertently log sensitive information
6.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When logging warnings regarding deprecated settings, Logstash before 5.6.6 and 6.x before 6.1.2 could inadvertently log sensitive information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LO
Logstash · Elastic
before 5.6.6; 6.0.0 before 6.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3817
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3817
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-1-2-and-5-6-6-security-update/115763
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