CVE-2018-3829: Medium severity elastic cloud enterprise vulnerability

Published Sep 19, 2018
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Updated

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.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Elastic Cloud Enterprise<1.1.4

Event History

Sep 19, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2018-3829?

CVE-2018-3829 is a vulnerability discovered in Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) versions prior to 1.1.4.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2018-3829?

CVE-2018-3829 has a severity rating of medium with a CVSS score of 5.3.

3

How does CVE-2018-3829 affect Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)?

CVE-2018-3829 allows an attacker with access to the previous runner ID and IP address of the coordinator-host to add an allocator to an existing ECE install.

4

How can I fix CVE-2018-3829?

To fix CVE-2018-3829, you should update Elastic Cloud Enterprise to version 1.1.4 or later.

5

Are there any additional resources about CVE-2018-3829?

Yes, you can find additional information about CVE-2018-3829 at the following links:<br> - [Elastic discussion forum](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-enterprise-1-1-4-security-update/135778)<br> - [Elastic security page](https://www.elastic.co/community/security)

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