CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling_CVE-2025-68384

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-68384
Source elastic
Published Dec 18, 2025 at 22:04

Affected Product

Vendor Elastic
Product Elasticsearch
Version 7.0.0
Affected Versions Elastic Elasticsearch 7.0.0
Elastic Elasticsearch 8.0.0
Elastic Elasticsearch 9.0.0
Elastic Elasticsearch 9.2.0

CWE Classification

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