Vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch
CVE-2015-1427
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.999 (100.0th percentile), scored .
Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 100.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.999 · newest: 0.999 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elastic Elasticsearch
- Red Hat Fuse — versions 1.0.0
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-C… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.elastic.co/community/security/ (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1427?
- CVE-2015-1427 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Elastic Elasticsearch. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2015-02-17.
- How severe is CVE-2015-1427?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-1427 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2015-1427 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 98 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.