GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92 Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data

MEDIUM Published 2025-12-19 Modified 2025-12-19 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-68384
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-security: < 8.19.9 → fixed in 8.19.9 • Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security: >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9 → fixed in 9.1.9 • Maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security: >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3 → fixed in 9.2.3

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-68384 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References