CVE-2025-68384

Published: Dec 18, 2025

Modified: Dec 19, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Elastic	Elasticsearch	affected `7.0.0 - <= 7.17.29` affected `8.0.0 - <= 8.19.8` affected `9.0.0 - <= 9.1.8` affected `9.2.0 - <= 9.2.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181

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CVE-2025-68384

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References