CVE-2025-68384: elastic elasticsearch
CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
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Published 18-12-2025Last modified 19-12-2025
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-68384 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in elastic elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 18-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 19-12-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 6 sources · 1 versionMedium 6.5Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSourcesAll 6 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.32%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
24%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.32% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score0.32%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard21 products
- commercial-elasticsearch-8.17All versions (No fix recorded)
- commercial-elasticsearch-8.18All versions (No fix recorded)
- commercial-elasticsearch-9.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- elasticsearch-7All versions (No fix recorded)
- elasticsearch-7-iamguardedAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi5 products
- ruby3.2-elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby3.3-elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby3.4-elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby4.0-elasticsearch< 9.3.0-r0
- sonarqube< 25.12.0.117093-r2
Elastic1 product
- elasticsearch≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.19.8 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.1.8 | ≥ 9.2.0, ≤ 9.2.2 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.17.29 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.19.9 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.1.9 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.3
Org.elasticsearch.plugin1 product
- x-pack-security< 8.19.9 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.1.9 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.3
Ubuntu1 product
- elasticsearchAll versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 29 products
References
9 links- discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181REPORTWEBVendor Advisory
