CVE-2015-1427
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Feb 17, 2015
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 31, 2015
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 script.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 20150211 Elasticsearch vulnerability CVE-2015-1427mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- RHSA-2017:0868vendor-advisory
- 72585vdb-entry
- http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
- elasticsearch-cve20151427-command-exec(100850)vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1427government-resource
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