Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-5377 · published 6 March 2018

CVE-2015-5377: Elasticsearch injection vulnerability

Elastic · Elasticsearch

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

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 14% · top 3.5% CWE-74 · Injection

9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.5

14%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Elasticsearch Elastic

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75938	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-remote-code-execution-cve-2015-5377/25736	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/bf3052d14c874aead7da8855c5fcadf5428a43f2	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75938	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-365/	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-remote-code-execution-cve-2015-5377/25736	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/bf3052d14c874aead7da8855c5fcadf5428a43f2	PatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-5377), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.