Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elasticsearch | 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.17.29, 8.0.0 – ≤ 8.19.8, 9.0.0 – ≤ 9.1.8, 9.2.0 – ≤ 9.2.2 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | elasticsearch | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | ruby4.0-elasticsearch | 9.3.0-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | sonarqube | 25.12.0.117093-r2 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | < 8.19.9 | 8.19.9 | GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92 |
| Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9 | 9.1.9 | GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92 |
| Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3 | 9.2.3 | GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2025-2896 Elasticsearch: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Dec 18, 2025