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critical 9.8

CVE-2015-1427 kev in the critical feed json

Improper Access Control in Elasticsearch

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-w94p-6mhw-4qxw , EUVD-2022-5539

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-25
epss
99.9%
EPSS 99.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
3
Metasploit and Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch 1.3.8, 1.4.3
  • elastic elasticsearch 1.3.8, 1.4.3

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1427 updated cvss 6.5

elasticsearch: remote code execution via Groovy sandbox bypass

  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0868
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 openshift-origin-cartridge-fuse Red Hat Satellite 6 elasticsearch Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager elasticsearch
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/elasticsearch/search_groovy_script)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-04-15 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Elastic, Elasticsearch
CISA name
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

99.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch
<1.3.8
>=1.4.0, <1.4.3
1.3.8
1.4.3

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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