CVE-2015-1427 (GCVE-0-2015-1427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-02-17 15:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05
VLAI CISA KEV
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-02-11 00:00
CISA KEV
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 82fba4a0-da1c-4a17-b8b1-ccb15ea764ce

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2015-1427

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2022-03-25 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-03-25
Asserted: 2022-03-25
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Affected: Elastic / Elasticsearch | Description: The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-04-15 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
Evidence

Type: Vendor Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 80%

Source: cisa-kev

Details
Cwes CWE-284
Feed CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Product Elasticsearch
Due Date 2022-04-15
Date Added 2022-03-25
Vendorproject Elastic
Vulnerabilityname Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Knownransomwarecampaignuse Unknown
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:25 UTC | Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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