CVE-2015-1427
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Published
- Feb 17, 2015
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Mar 11, 2015
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 100.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
8Docker-based lab environment for CVE-2015-1427 ElasticSearch Groovy sandbox bypass and remote code execution, demonstrating two POC methods with Java reflection and Groovy command execution.
- exploit-CVE-2015-1427Exploit
Elasticsearch 1.4.0 < 1.4.2 Remote Code Execution exploit and vulnerable container
- exploitsExploit
Miscellaneous exploit code
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