When using the elasticsearch password reset tool (elasticsearch-reset-password) in Linux, using a special character will pick up the shell interpretation and not the character itself. In particular, I’m having issues using ‘!’ in my password as it wants to interpret command history from the shell se…

Elasticsearch-reset-password on linux can't accept special characters

Lorenzo_Dematte (Lorenzo Dematte) December 11, 2025, 4:50pm 22

@Ryan_Clark it has already been addressed. It was a JDK issue, and the JDK bundled with the latest ES releases is not affected.

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