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SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core (GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436449

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-68390)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436449

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68390

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68390

cwe: CWE-770