{"cve":"CVE-2025-68390","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-18T23:15:49.577","modified":"2026-06-17T09:59:03.020","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.9},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"references":["https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-37/384185"],"products":["elastic:elasticsearch"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68390","score":0.00378,"percentile":0.3176,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq","summary":"Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation ","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:58.676298266Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core","ranges":["<8.19.8"],"fixed":["8.19.8"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core","ranges":[">=9.0.0 <9.1.8"],"fixed":["9.1.8"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core","ranges":[">=9.2.0 <9.2.2"],"fixed":["9.2.2"]}]}],"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."]}