cve/2018/CVE-2018-3826.md

### [CVE-2018-3826](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3826)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.