CVE-2015-1427

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1427
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-17 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-09 19:55:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.923260000 probability, percentile 0.997200000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-03-25; due 2022-04-15; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-284

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorElastic
ProductElasticsearch
NameElasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.0 All All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.0 beta1 All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.1 All All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.2 All All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.0 All All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.0 beta1 All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.1 All All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.2 All All All
Application Elasticsearch Elasticsearch All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ElasticSearch Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Elasticsearch 1.3.7 / 1.4.2 Sandbox Escape / Command Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Security issues | Elastic CONFIRM www.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
Elasticsearch 1.4.3 and 1.3.8 Released | Elastic Blog CONFIRM www.elasticsearch.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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