CISA KEV · Known exploitedCritical

CVE-2015-1427

Elastic Elasticsearch

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
EPSS
99.9%
100.0% percentile
CISA KEV
Listed
Published
2015.02.18
PRIORITY ASSESSMENT

Immediate review

CISA has listed this vulnerability in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Known exploitationConfirmed by CISA KEV
Exploit probability99.9%
Technical severityCVSS 9.8

Vulnerability overview

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.

Affected product and versions

Product
Elastic Elasticsearch
Affected versions
< 1.3.8, >= 1.4.0 < 1.4.3, 1.0.0
Fixed versions
1.3.8, 1.4.3

Recommended response sequence

Confirm exposure before applying a vendor-supported change.

Full remediation guide
CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Due date: 2022.04.15
  1. 1
    Identify

    Confirm that Elastic Elasticsearch and an affected version are present.

  2. 2
    Prioritize

    Combine exploitation signals with asset exposure and business criticality.

  3. 3
    Remediate

    Follow the vendor advisory or supported update path and preserve rollback options.

  4. 4
    Verify

    Recheck the version, service health, access paths, and relevant logs.

Technical data

CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
CWE-284
KEV added
2022.03.25
Ransomware use
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