VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2015-1427
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 99.9%
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 99.91% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 March 2022 · due 15 April 2022
- Affected
- elastic/elasticsearch · redhat/fuse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, 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/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850Third 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.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, 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/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850Third 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-2015-1427US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.