{"cve":"CVE-2015-5531","nvd":{"published":"2015-08-17T15:59:02.437","modified":"2026-06-17T00:29:17.047","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["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","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935"],"products":["elasticsearch:elasticsearch"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:36:40.444340523+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5531","score":0.94788,"percentile":0.99859,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4","summary":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch","modified":"2024-12-05T05:43:53.964810Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch","ranges":["<1.6.1"],"fixed":["1.6.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}