CVE Intel / CVE-2015-1427

CVE-2015-1427

elasticsearch · elastic, redhat
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Actively exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue: exploitation confirmed in the wild. Patch on priority.
CISA KEVexploited on our sensorsCritical network detectablepublic exploit: ExploitDB, Metasploit

What it is

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.

Live exploitation on the huntback network (30 days)

17
attempts captured
1
distinct source IPs
2026-09-27
last seen
huntback carries a network signature for this CVE. Exploitation attempts are detected on the decoy fleet in real time.

How huntback helps

Deploy a decoy that emulates elasticsearch and you will see every attempt at this CVE the moment it lands, with the full payload, the attacker's infrastructure, and any stage-2 loader. Then huntback can scan the attacker back.

CVSSn/a Critical
EPSS1.00 (99% pct)
In CISA KEVyes
Publishedn/a
Network detectableyes, signatured
Public exploitExploitDB, Metasploit