CVE-2025-68384
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 25 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (26)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2896Elasticsearch: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-12-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data2025-12-19ghsa · osvUS
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.
- BIT-elasticsearch-2025-68384Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling2025-12-20vendor · osvUS
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.
also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202512-3334cnnvd
- EUVD-2025-204411enisa_euvd
- GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92enisa_euvd
- BIT-elasticsearch-2025-68384osv
- GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92osv
sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Elasticsearch-overload-via-Oversized-User-Settings-Data-49168cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181Vendor Advisorynvd
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