CVE-2025-68390 | Elasticsearch Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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.

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-2025-68390 is rated Low Risk (39.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68390

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 2026-05-17 0.25% 0.34% +0.09%
2 2026-05-16 0.32% 0.25% -0.07%
3 2026-04-19 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68390

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
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.
 1.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68390

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-68390

GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68390

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68390
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68390 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-2025-68390

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68390

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elastic elasticsearch >= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.8 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elastic elasticsearch >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-68390

cvelogic Threat Intelligence