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SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-security (GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436450

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 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. (CVE-2025-68384)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qf7c-7r9h-mm92

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436450

Version: Revision 1.9

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68384

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2025-68384

cwe: CWE-770