Headline
GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq: Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation
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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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2025-68390
Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 19, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 19, 2025
Package
maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core (Maven)
Affected versions
< 8.19.8
>= 9.0.0, < 9.1.8
>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.2
Patched versions
8.19.8
9.1.8
9.2.2
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Dec 19, 2025
Last updated
Dec 19, 2025
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