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SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-mrfm-jxgf-2h6v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433575

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote
 attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code via the source parameter to _search. NOTE:
 this only violates the vendor's intended security policy if the user does not run Elasticsearch in its own
 independent virtual machine. (CVE-2014-3120)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mrfm-jxgf-2h6v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433575

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Percentile: 99.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/15/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (ElasticSearch Dynamic Script Arbitrary Java Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3120

BID: 67731

cwe: CWE-284