Elastic Elasticsearch
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CVE-2015-1427
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
overdue since 2022-04-15
Elastic: 3 entries (0.2% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 0 added in 2026.
BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.
Your BOD 26-04 window (SSVC tier helper)
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Description
The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: Elastic
- CVE-2014-3120 - Elasticsearch (2022-03-25)
- CVE-2019-7609 - Kibana (2022-01-10)
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