OpenSearch/x-pack/docs/en/rest-api/security/change-password.asciidoc

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[role="xpack"]
[[security-api-change-password]]
=== Change Password API
The Change Password API enables you to submit a request to change the password
of a user.
==== Request
`POST _xpack/security/user/_password` +
`POST _xpack/security/user/<username>/_password`
==== Path Parameters
`username`::
(string) The user whose password you want to change. If you do not specify
this parameter, the password is changed for the current user.
==== Request Body
`password` (required)::
(string) The new password value.
==== Authorization
Every user can change their own password. Users with the `manage_security`
privilege can change passwords of other users.
==== Examples
The following example updates the password for the `elastic` user:
[source,js]
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POST _xpack/security/user/elastic/_password
{
"password": "x-pack-test-password"
}
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// CONSOLE
A successful call returns an empty JSON structure.
[source,js]
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{}
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE