ghsa-gphj-4h6p-37xq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-12-19 00:31
Modified
2025-12-19 21:07
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation
Details

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.

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  "affected": [
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        "name": "org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core"
      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-68390"
  ],
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      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-19T21:07:24Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-18T23:15:49Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq",
  "modified": "2025-12-19T21:07:24Z",
  "published": "2025-12-19T00:31:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68390"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/138132"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-37/384185"
    },
    {
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation "
}


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