CVE-2025-68384
Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-68384
To remediate CVE-2025-68384, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.19.9 or later
- —upgrade to 8.19.9 or later
Is CVE-2025-68384 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 8.19.9, >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9, >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3
- from 0, < 8.19.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |