#VU120207 Resource exhaustion in Elasticsearch - CVE-2025-68390
Published: December 19, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120207
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68390
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack
Elastic Stack
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when restoring snapshot data. A remote user with snapshot restore privileges can trigger memory exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.