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.
Published: 2025-12-18
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation
History

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic elasticsearch

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Elastic Elasticsearch
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:36:02.809Z

Reserved: 2025-12-16T19:18:49.563Z

Link: CVE-2025-68390

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T15:35:53.919Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-18T23:15:49.577

Modified: 2025-12-23T17:44:51.157

Link: CVE-2025-68390

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-18T22:17:41Z

Links: CVE-2025-68390 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T09:15:40Z

Weaknesses