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CVE-2025-68390

MEDIUMCVSS 4.9/10EPSS 0.33%

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CVE-2025-68390 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.9/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
4.9/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.33%

24.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
ElasticElasticsearch>= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29
ElasticElasticsearch>= 8.0.0, < 8.19.8
ElasticElasticsearch>= 9.0.0, < 9.1.8
ElasticElasticsearch>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-68390?
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.
How severe is CVE-2025-68390?
CVE-2025-68390 has a CVSS score of 4.9/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-68390?
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Source: NVD / NIST