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

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.

Published: 2025-12-18 Last update: 2025-12-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-68384 is rated Low Risk (31.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68384

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.24% +0.19%
2 2026-02-24 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2025-12-25 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68384

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68384

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-68384

GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68384

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68384
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68384 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (elasticsearch), 6 status rows across 6 suites (jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68384

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68384

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elastic elasticsearch >= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.9 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-68384

cvelogic Threat Intelligence