CVE-2025-68384 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elastic Elasticsearch
Timeline
PublishedDec 18
Latest updateDec 19

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDelastic/elasticsearch8.0.0 — 8.19.9+3
▶CVEListV5elastic/elasticsearch8.0.0 — 8.19.8+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data↗2025-12-19
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OSV
Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data↗2025-12-19
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OSV
CVE-2025-68384: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Alloc↗2025-12-18
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CVEList
Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling↗2025-12-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
elasticsearch: Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling↗2025-12-18
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Microsoft
Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling↗2025-12-09
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2025-68384 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2025-68384 — Elastic Elasticsearch vulnerability | cvebase