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CVE-2026-78602: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elastic Maps Server Leading to Unauthorized File Disclosure
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-02 · updated 2026-09-08
- Weakness: CWE-22
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.
Affected products
- Elastic Maps Server: from 8.19.11 before 8.19.19; from 9.3.0 before 9.4.4; 9.5.0 — fixed in 8.19.19, 9.4.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Elastic Maps Server 8.19.19, 9.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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