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SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418629

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2018-3831)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9fv-qpm9-rj4g

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418629

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3831

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3831

cwe: CWE-200