medium6.5
CVE-2025-68384
Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | < 8.19.9 | 8.19.9 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | from 7.0.0 through 7.17.29 from 8.0.0 before 8.19.9 from 9.0.0 before 9.1.9 from 9.2.0 before 9.2.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68384
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/138691
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/ab1d99ae033f2a23a8856b47a2d86652ad63a39a
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/b46a4f64baea79c4d3afd58bda39d258de97210a