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CVE-2015-1427

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html

https://www.greynoise.io/blog/coordinated-cloud-based-scanning-operation-targets-75-known-exposure-points

https://www.tenable.com/blog/patched-elasticsearch-vulnerabilities-used-to-spread-cryptocurrency-miner-cve-2014-3120-cve

https://github.com/fayazmohmmand/asm-platform

https://github.com/BL3IP/port-vuln-scanner

https://github.com/Bhanunamikaze/VaktScan

https://github.com/Yamewrong/cve-lab

https://github.com/ucsb-seclab/CVEX-records

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w94p-6mhw-4qxw

https://github.com/h3inzzz/cve2015_1427

https://www.elastic.co/community/security/

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1427

http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-02-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.99906