cve/2018/CVE-2018-3831.md

### [CVE-2018-3831](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3831)
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### Description

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.

### POC

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

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