# 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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2015-1427
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25; CISA due date 2022-04-15
- EPSS: 99.91% (percentile 100.0)
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 6 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2015-03-11)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-10)
- Published: 2015-02-17

## Affected

- elastic:elasticsearch
- redhat:fuse

## References

- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585
- [other] http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
- [other] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html
- [other] https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1427

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