Headline
GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92: Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data
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.
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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2025-68384
Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 19, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 19, 2025
Package
maven org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security (Maven)
Affected versions
< 8.19.9
>= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9
>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3
Patched versions
8.19.9
9.1.9
9.2.3
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Dec 19, 2025
Last updated
Dec 19, 2025
EPSS score