---
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'
---

## Overview

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.

## 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`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `elasticsearch 9.2.3`