What is GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4?

GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4 cover?

GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2015-5531. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4?

GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4 affects 1 product, including: maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:\u003c= 1.6.0.

GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4Medium

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 14, 2022

Last Modified

January 27, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-5531 →

📋 Description

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

🎯 Affected products1

maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:<= 1.6.0

🔗 References (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4