MEDIUM6.5
GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92
Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data
Quick fix
GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92 — org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
# pom.xml: bump <version>8.19.9</version> for org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-securityDetails
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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Affected packages
Maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security
Introduced in:
0Fixed in: 8.19.9Fix
# pom.xml: bump <version>8.19.9</version> for org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-securityMaven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security
Introduced in:
9.0.0Fixed in: 9.1.9Fix
# pom.xml: bump <version>9.1.9</version> for org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-securityMaven/org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security
Introduced in:
9.2.0Fixed in: 9.2.3Fix
# pom.xml: bump <version>9.2.3</version> for org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-securityReferences
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68384[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/138691[WEB]
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/ab1d99ae033f2a23a8856b47a2d86652ad63a39a[WEB]
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/b46a4f64baea79c4d3afd58bda39d258de97210a[WEB]
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181[WEB]
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch[PACKAGE]