{"cve":"CVE-2025-68384","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-18T22:16:02.540","modified":"2026-09-30T23:10:00.237","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"references":["https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181"],"products":["elastic:elasticsearch"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68384","score":0.00323,"percentile":0.25101,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92","summary":"Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:32.237980461Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-security","ranges":["<8.19.9"],"fixed":["8.19.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-security","ranges":[">=9.0.0 <9.1.9"],"fixed":["9.1.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-security","ranges":[">=9.2.0 <9.2.3"],"fixed":["9.2.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}