CVSS 3.1
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LCVE-2025-68388
Medium (5.3) in elasticsearch packetbeat. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/elastic/beats 8.19.9, 9.1.9, 9.2.3.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-770
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- elasticsearch:packetbeat
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv | Go | github.com/elastic/beats | >=8.6.0 <8.19.9 | 8.19.9 |
| GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv | Go | github.com/elastic/beats | >=9.0.0 <9.1.9 | 9.1.9 |
| GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv | Go | github.com/elastic/beats | >=9.2.0 <9.2.3 | 9.2.3 |
| GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv | Go | github.com/elastic/beats/v7 | <7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e | 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e |
| GO-2025-4253 | Go | github.com/elastic/beats | all versions | no fix published |
| GO-2025-4253 | Go | github.com/elastic/beats/v7 | <7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e | 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e |