01 Record

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

CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published: 2015-02-17 15:00Z11 YR AGO
Last updated: 2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO
Reserved: 2015-01-31
Assigning CNA: mitre
Record state: PUBLISHED
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)
CNA CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: No CWE assigned
Data version: 5.1
Document digest: 6047b1a87b3beb4e9ddf98d598bb314b527ffbfebbbc6f375c536fbe751ea1e6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

elasticelasticsearchNot specified—

redhatfuseNot specified—

redhatjboss_amqNot specified—

redhatjboss_fuseNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

redhatsatelliteNot specified—

rhel_sam1Not specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com20150211 Elasticsearch vulnerability CVE-2015-1427http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0868https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com72585http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.elasticsearch.comhttp://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/x_refsource_CONFIRM
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comelasticsearch-cve20151427-command-exec(100850)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.elastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/community/security/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1427government-resource