Is CVE-2015-1427 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-1427 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-22.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-1427?

CVE-2015-1427 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2015-1427?

Patch guidance is available from elastic security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2015-1427.

Fix CVE-2015-1427 - CRITICAL elastic elasticsearch

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2015-1427?

3 products: elastic elasticsearch, elastic elasticsearch, redhat fuse.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ELASTIC
Published: 2/17/2015
Last Modified: 10/22/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2015-1427

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