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CVE-2025-68384

Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Published: Dec 18, 2025Updated: Dec 23, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-770
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 84.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) causing a persistent denial of service (OOM crash) via submission of oversized user settings data.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

ElasticsearchElastic
On-premDatabase
Databases
elasticsearchelastic
On-premDatabase
Databases
org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-securityMavenOSS Libraries
elasticcommercialUSDatabasesaka elasticsearch co., elastic.co
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181
discuss.elastic.co
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68384
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/138691
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 18, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 23, 2025

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