GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv

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Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments

view advisory published 2025-12-19Licence: CC-BY-4.0

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 denial-of-service in Packetbeat.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2025-68388US	—	0.41% (35th)	—	2025-12-18
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 integra…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177WEB
https://github.com/elastic/beatsPACKAGE
https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/28cfc80d2f4e80bfd1c72eb3f849d777751ab870WEB
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68388ADVISORY

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