Name: CVE-2015-5531: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2015-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-5531, CWE-22, Metasploit Module, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.94788

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade elasticsearch	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 5, 2015

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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