CVE-2025-68390 Affecting elasticsearch-fips-8.18 package, versions <8.18.8-r7
Threat Intelligence
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- published7 Jan 2026
- disclosed18 Dec 2025
Introduced: 18 Dec 2025
CVE-2025-68390 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard elasticsearch-fips-8.18 to version 8.18.8-r7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elasticsearch-fips-8.18 package and not the elasticsearch-fips-8.18 package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.