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GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92
GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published December 19, 2025
x-pack-security is fixed in 9.2.3, 9.1.9 and 8.19.9 (Maven Central)
Elasticsearch has Excessive Allocation of Resources via Submission of Oversized User Settings Data
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | Maven Central | 9.2.3, 9.1.9, 8.19.9 |
| sonarqube | Wolfi | 25.12.0.117093-r2 |
| ruby4.0-elasticsearch | Chainguard | 9.3.0-r0 |
| sonarqube | Chainguard | 25.12.0.117093-r2 |
| ruby4.0-elasticsearch | Wolfi | 9.3.0-r0 |
| elasticsearch-fips-8.17 | Chainguard | 8.17.10-r14 |
| elasticsearch-fips-8.18 | Chainguard | 8.18.8-r7 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| chainguard | ruby3.4-elasticsearch | * |
| wolfi | sonarqube | 0 |
| chainguard | ruby4.0-elasticsearch | 0 |
| chainguard | sonarqube | 0 |
| wolfi | ruby3.2-elasticsearch | * |
| wolfi | ruby4.0-elasticsearch | 0 |
| Maven | org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security | 9.0.0, 0, 9.2.0 |
| chainguard | ruby3.3-elasticsearch | * |
| wolfi | ruby3.4-elasticsearch | * |
| chainguard | elasticsearch-fips-8.17 | 0 |
| chainguard | ruby3.2-elasticsearch | * |
| wolfi | ruby3.3-elasticsearch | * |
| chainguard | elasticsearch-fips-8.18 | 0 |
Timeline
- Dec 19, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-33/384181 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68384 advisory
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch package
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/138691 fix
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/ab1d99ae033f2a23a8856b47a2d86652ad63a39a fix
- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/b46a4f64baea79c4d3afd58bda39d258de97210a fix