CVE-2025-68390 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-68390: 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

CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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