CVE-2025-68390
Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
4.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-68390
To remediate CVE-2025-68390, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.19.8 or later
- —upgrade to 8.19.8 or later
Is CVE-2025-68390 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 8.19.8, >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.8, >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2
- from 0, < 8.19.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |