CVE-2025-68390
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.
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 (20)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core< 8.19.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core
- Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core9.0.0 → 9.1.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core
- Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core9.2.0 → 9.2.2osvUSpkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core
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-gphj-4h6p-37xqElasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation 2025-12-19ghsa · osvUS
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.
- BIT-elasticsearch-2025-68390Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling2025-12-20vendor · osvUS
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.
also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202512-3327cnnvd
- EUVD-2025-204407enisa_euvd
- GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xqenisa_euvd
- BIT-elasticsearch-2025-68390osv
- GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xqosv
sources
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references (3)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-37/384185cnnvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-37/384185enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-37/384185Vendor Advisorynvd
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