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CVE-2015-1427
The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585
- http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
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Affected Vendor
elastic
View all reports →Affected Software
elasticsearch, fuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.4.0, 1.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 17th, 2015
Last Modified:
October 22nd, 2025
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.