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CVE-2016-10362

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10362 describes a vulnerability in the Elasticsearch Output plugin for Logstash versions prior to 5.0.1, where HTTP basic authentication credentials were inadvertently logged to file during connection updates after sniffing. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows for high confidentiality impact due to information disclosure, requiring low privileges and network access with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:output_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:logstash:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0108 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: logstash-coreFixed in: 5.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-3gg4-6hqg-2vjxmedium

Logstash Logs Sensitive Information

May 13, 2022

References

elastic.co / community/security
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99154
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry