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GHSA-W94P-6MHW-4QXW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:49 – Updated: 2022-07-06 20:26

Summary

Improper Access Control in Elasticsearch

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-w94p-6mhw-4qxw",
  "modified": "2022-07-06T20:26:29Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:49:44Z",
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    },
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    },
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}

CVE-2015-1427 (GCVE-0-2015-1427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-02-17 15:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-W94P-6MHW-4QXW

CVE-2015-1427 (GCVE-0-2015-1427)

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