{"id":"CVE-2025-68384","title":"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 …","summary":"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 …","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-770"],"vendor":"elastic","product":"elasticsearch","affected":["elasticsearch >= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29","elasticsearch >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.9","elasticsearch >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9","elasticsearch >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3"],"patched":["elasticsearch 9.2.3"],"published":"2025-12-18","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T23:10:00.237","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68384","references":[{"url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181","label":"security@elastic.co"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00323,"epssPercentile":0.22977,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T23:29:32.506Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68384","body":"## Overview\n\nAllocation 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `elasticsearch >= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29`\n- `elasticsearch >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.9`\n- `elasticsearch >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9`\n- `elasticsearch >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `elasticsearch 9.2.3`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}