CVE-2025-68389 | Kibana Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of computing resources and a denial of service (DoS) of the Kibana process via a crafted HTTP request.

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-2025-68389 is rated Moderate Risk (46.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68389

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 2026-05-28 0.44% 0.35% -0.09%
2 2026-05-17 0.32% 0.44% +0.11%
3 2026-05-16 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68389

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-2025-68389

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68389

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68389

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68389

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

References for CVE-2025-68389

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