CVE-2015-1427

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Analyzed - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-02-17

Last modified

2025-10-22

Known exploited (CISA KEV)

since 2022-03-25, action due 2022-04-15: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected products

• Elasticsearch (Elastic)
• Fuse (Redhat)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850
• https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1427