CVE-2018-3829

Description

In Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4 it was discovered that a user could scale out allocators on new hosts with an invalid roles token. An attacker with access to the previous runner ID and IP address of the coordinator-host could add a allocator to an existing ECE install to gain access to other clusters data.

Categories

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory elastic.co Vendor Advisory elastic.co
Affected: Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise
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-2018-3829?
CVE-2018-3829 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-3829?
To fix CVE-2018-3829, 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-2018-3829 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-3829 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-2018-3829?
CVE-2018-3829 affects Elastic Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
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