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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2025-68384

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch X-Pack Security plugin versions 7.x, 8.x through 8.19.8, 9.x through 9.1.8, and 9.2.x through 9.2.2 that allows a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation causing a persistent Denial-of-Service (OOM crash) via submission of oversized user settings data.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published