{"id":"CVE-2018-3826","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-3826","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:05:07.025Z","title":"In Elasticsearch versions 6.0.0-beta1 to 6.2.4 a disclosure flaw was found in the _snapshot API.","description":"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.","published":"2018-09-19T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:57:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@elastic.co","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200","CWE-311"],"affected":["elastic/elasticsearch"],"epss":{"score":0.00692,"percentile":0.52679,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-3-0-and-5-6-10-security-update/135777","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@elastic.co"},{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-3-0-and-5-6-10-security-update/135777","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.elastic.co/community/security","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3826","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}