CVE-2025-68390
low-risk
Published 2025-12-18
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.32% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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4
CVSS 4.9/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (1)
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal