Elastic flaws being used in attacks

CISA lists 3 flaws in Elastic products as being used in attacks, most recently on 25 Mar 2022.

What to do

1. Update every Elastic product you use.Install the updates Elastic offers, on every device, and restart when asked. Each flaw below has a fix or clear advice; that’s one of CISA’s conditions for listing it.
2. If someone looks after IT for you, send them this page.Many of these are in equipment you don’t see: routers, firewalls, servers, the office network. Ask them to confirm each one is fixed, or that you don’t use the product.
3. Check anything else in the lookup.Search any app, company or CVE. Not being on CISA’s list doesn’t mean safe: keep updating either way.

Every flaw, newest first

1. Being used in attacksAdded by CISA on 25 Mar 2022
   Elasticsearch
   CVE-2015-1427Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
   The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands.
   CISA’s required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.
   CVE recordNVD
2. Being used in attacksAdded by CISA on 25 Mar 2022
   Elasticsearch
   CVE-2014-3120Elasticsearch Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
   Elasticsearch enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code.
   CISA’s required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.
   CVE recordNVD
3. Being used in attacksAdded by CISA on 10 Jan 2022
   Elastic Kibana
   CVE-2019-7609Kibana Arbitrary Code Execution
   Kibana contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer.
   CISA’s required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.
   CVE recordNVD

From CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, updated 21 Oct 2026 (version 2026.10.21). CISA’s required actions are written for US government agencies. Elastic on CISA’s site.