PT-2025-52370 · Elastic · Elasticsearch

Ismisepaul + 1 · Published 2025-12-18 · Updated 2026-04-28 · CVE-2025-68390

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in Elasticsearch where an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges can cause excessive memory allocation, leading to a denial of service. This occurs through crafted HTTP requests. The issue is related to the allocation of resources without limits or throttling.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BIT-ELASTICSEARCH-2025-68390

CVE-2025-68390

GHSA-GPHJ-4H6P-37XQ

Affected Products

Elasticsearch

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-8-9-1-8-and-9-2-2-security-update-esa-2025-37/384185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68390 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2025-68390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/138132 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/40208 · Telegram Post
• https://reddit.com/r/VulnMatter/comments/1pt1cm5/resumen_diario_de_vulnerabilidades_22122025 · Reddit Post
• https://t.me/msrcreports/2724 · Telegram Post
• https://reddit.com/r/VulnMatter/comments/1pttxj6/resumen_diario_de_vulnerabilidades_23122025 · Reddit Post
• https://reddit.com/r/VulnMatter/comments/1pw544r/resumen_diario_de_vulnerabilidades_26122025 · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2001907942577057875 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2002099228152377806 · Twitter Post