CVE-2015-1427

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

99.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% 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.

Published

2015-02-17 15:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO 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

• 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