CVE-2015-1427The 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…
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 15, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Mar 25, 2022; federal remediation due Apr 15, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 99.91% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
elastic elasticsearch elastic:elasticsearch | before 1.3.8; from 1.4.0 before 1.4.3 | NVD |
redhat fuse redhat:fuse | 1.0.0 | NVD |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threadedmailing-list, x-refsource-bugtraq, broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf, third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/x-refsource-confirm, not-applicable, vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1427us-government-resource
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