CVE-2015-1427
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
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
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 March 2015
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 March 2022 · due 15 April 2022
- Affected
- elastic/elasticsearch · redhat/fuse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 99.9% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.