CVE-2015-5377

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving the transport protocol. NOTE: ZDI appears to claim that CVE-2015-3253 and CVE-2015-5377 are the same vulnerability

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-remote-code-execution-cve-2015-5377/25736Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/bf3052d14c874aead7da8855c5fcadf5428a43f2Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-remote-code-execution-cve-2015-5377/25736Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/bf3052d14c874aead7da8855c5fcadf5428a43f2Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 6, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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