CVE-2025-68384 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-68384: Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Vendor Elastic
Product Elasticsearch
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published December 18, 2025
Last update December 19, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 18, 2025 CVE published
December 19, 2025 Record updated