CVE-2015-5531(elasticsearch / elasticsearch)

LOWCVSS 5.0 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

elasticsearch

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors

elasticsearch

Products

elasticsearch

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

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Full discourse1 post

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Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Target SW	Target HW
App	elasticsearch	elasticsearch	-	-	-

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