CVE-2026-78602: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Elastic Elastic Maps Server
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in Elastic Maps Server can lead to information disclosure via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). An unauthenticated attacker able to reach the service over the network could cause it to return the contents of files outside its intended content directory that are readable by the server process.
CVE-2026-78602: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Elastic Elastic Maps Server
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) in Elastic Maps Server can lead to information disclosure via Path Traversal (CAPEC-126). An unauthenticated attacker able to reach the service over the network could cause it to return the contents of files outside its intended content directory that are readable by the server process.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- elastic
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-24T21:13:52.889Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a98384bacd9273b495d16fb
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 14:52:59 UTC
Last updated: 09/02/2026, 14:52:59 UTC
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