CVE-2025-68384

Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-12-16 CVE Reserved
2025-12-18 CVE Published
2025-12-18 CVE Updated
---------- EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
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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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Elastic Search vendor "Elastic"		Elasticsearch Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch"				>= 7.0.0 <= 7.17.29 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch" and version " >= 7.0.0 <= 7.17.29"		en		Affected
Elastic Search vendor "Elastic"		Elasticsearch Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch"				>= 8.0.0 <= 8.19.8 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch" and version " >= 8.0.0 <= 8.19.8"		en		Affected
Elastic Search vendor "Elastic"		Elasticsearch Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch"				>= 9.0.0 <= 9.1.8 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch" and version " >= 9.0.0 <= 9.1.8"		en		Affected
Elastic Search vendor "Elastic"		Elasticsearch Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch"				>= 9.2.0 <= 9.2.2 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Elasticsearch" and version " >= 9.2.0 <= 9.2.2"		en		Affected