GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation

MEDIUM Published 2025-12-19 Modified 2025-12-19 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-68390
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-770
Reviewed
2025-12-19

Affected packages

• Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core: < 8.19.8 → fixed in 8.19.8 • Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core: >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.8 → fixed in 9.1.8 • Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core: >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2 → fixed in 9.2.2

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-68390 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References