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  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "6.0.0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "6.2.4"
              },
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "6.0.0-beta1"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "8f0685b924b9159807704ec2593b26e28105da44"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "ccec39f080c7c5d352378b73c507c1c334e6e27d"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "896afa4414e42b84408ecbca6ad66a43f65a13ae"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2018-3826",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:10:27.613765370Z",
  "published": "2018-09-19T19:29:00.627Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.elastic.co/community/security"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-3-0-and-5-6-10-security-update/135777"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}