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CVE-2014-3120(elastic / elasticsearch)

LOWCVSS 8.1 · HIGHCISA KEV

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code via the source parameter to _search. NOTE: this only violates the vendor's intended security policy if the user does not run Elasticsearch in its own independent virtual machine.

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Sources & remediation

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Federal remediation due date: 2022-04-15. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit / PoC references
Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-284

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • elasticsearch

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
elastic
Products
elasticsearch

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-15: 110-15
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • NewNormal Security@NewScanTeam

    NewNormal Security turns CVEs since the previous batch into new detections, every day. 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 — 15 Oct 2026 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 to NewScan 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 📦 Search server on a build with known RCE — a config-API call turns a document update into command execution (Apache Solr CVE-2017-12629, CVE-2019-17558) 📦 Legacy Elasticsearch 1.x — a scripted search runs code on the node, or a crafted plugin/snapshot path reads any file off its disk (Elastic Elasticsearch CVE-2014-3120, CVE-2015-1427, CVE-2015-3337, CVE-2015-5531) 📦 Unpatched CouchDB — an anonymous document promotes itself to database administrator, then runs OS commands (Apache CouchDB CVE-2017-12635, CVE-2017-12636, CVE-2022-24706) Test your stack with NewScan — free, self-hosted: https://newnormalsecurity.com/newscan?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=daily-cve #infosec #AppSec #RCE #CSO #REDTEAM

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