Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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.
CISA KEV
Nuclei Template
SSVC: Active Exploitation
Automatable
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:99.91%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-284 ↗CWE-284 (via CISA KEV)
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| elastic | elasticsearch | all |
| redhat | fuse | 1.0.0 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
Nuclei Template
SCANNER AVAILABLE
EPSS Score
99.906%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2015-01-31T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2015-02-17T15:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2015-02-11 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-22T00:05:33 |
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