CVE-2025-68384: Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data
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.
References
- discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92
- github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
- github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/ab1d99ae033f2a23a8856b47a2d86652ad63a39a
- github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/b46a4f64baea79c4d3afd58bda39d258de97210a
- github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/138691
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68384
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