CVE-2026-78602Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elastic Maps Server Leading to Unauthorized File Disclosure
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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
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- elastic
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Elastic Elastic Maps Server elastic:maps_server (from the name) | from 8.19.11 through 8.19.18; from 9.3.0 through 9.4.3; 9.5.0 | CNA record |
elastic maps_server elastic:maps_server | from 8.19.11 before 8.19.19; from 9.3.0 before 9.4.4; 9.5.0 | NVD |
References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-server-8-19-19-9-4-4-9-5-1-security-update-esa-2026-148/390108vendor-advisory
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