CVE-2015-5531

VendorelasticsearchProductelasticsearchDiscoveredAug 17, 2015UpdatedMay 6, 2026

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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CVSS v3.1

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EPSS

94.8%

probability of exploitation in 30 days

CISA KEV

Not listed

no confirmed exploitation reported

News coverage

sources referencing this CVE

Related IOCs

seen in the same coverage

Connections

2 relationships

CWE-22

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Timeline

disclosure → media coverage

Aug 17, 2015

Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD May 6, 2026

Public PoC (2)

github.com/xpgdgit/CVE-2015-5531 github.com/MoCh3n/CVE-2015-5531-POC

Unverified third-party code — review before executing.