CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-1427
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Elastic Elasticsearch
The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-03-25
- Remediation due
- 2022-04-15
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2015-02-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted script.
Affected configurations
• elastic elasticsearch (< 1.3.8)
• elastic elasticsearch (>= 1.4.0 < 1.4.3)
• redhat fuse 1.0.0
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1427 US Government Resource