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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2025-68390

Medium
4.9/10

Summary

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch through 8.19.7, 9.0.x through 9.1.7 and 9.2.x through 9.2.1 can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via a crafted HTTP request.

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