CVE-2015-5531 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

What is CVE-2015-5531?

CVE-2015-5531 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5531?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch. It affects 1 product.

Products include Elasticsearch Elasticsearch.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5531?

Upgrade org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch to 1.6.1 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2015-5531 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-5531 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 Nuclei template and 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2015-4165 Improper Access Control in Elasticsearch High 7.5
• CVE-2015-3337 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch Medium 4.3
• CVE-2014-6439 Cross-site scripting in Elasticsearch Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4.