CVE-2018-3825

Description

In Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4 a default master encryption key is used in the process of granting ZooKeeper access to Elasticsearch clusters. Unless explicitly overwritten, this master key is predictable across all ECE deployments. If an attacker can connect to ZooKeeper directly they would be able to access configuration information of other tenants if their cluster ID is known.

Categories

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory elastic.co Vendor Advisory elastic.co
Affected: Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.elastic.co/community/security vendor advisory
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-1-4-security-update/135778 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-3825?
CVE-2018-3825 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-3825?
To fix CVE-2018-3825, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-3825 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-3825 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-3825?
CVE-2018-3825 affects Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE).
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