{"cve":"CVE-2025-68388","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-18T22:16:02.683","modified":"2026-06-17T09:59:02.797","status":"Analyzed","description":"Allocation of resources without limits or throttling (CWE-770) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause excessive allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and CPU via the integration of malicious IPv4 fragments, leading to a degradation in Packetbeat.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"references":["https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177"],"products":["elasticsearch:packetbeat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68388","score":0.00412,"percentile":0.35454,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv","summary":"Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:58.559752102Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats","ranges":[">=8.6.0 <8.19.9"],"fixed":["8.19.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats","ranges":[">=9.0.0 <9.1.9"],"fixed":["9.1.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats","ranges":[">=9.2.0 <9.2.3"],"fixed":["9.2.3"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats/v7","ranges":["<7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e"],"fixed":["7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e"]}]},{"id":"GO-2025-4253","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2025-4253","summary":"Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments in github.com/elastic/beats","modified":"2026-02-04T04:03:03.017114Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats/v7","ranges":["<7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e"],"fixed":["7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}