CVE-2025-68388

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.41% (35th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–7.5

v3.15.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security@elastic.coexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-770USCWE-770USCWE-770US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Elastic Packetbeat≤ 9.2.0 ≤9.2.2enisa_euvdEU
Elastic Packetbeat≤ 9.0.0 ≤9.1.8enisa_euvdEU
Elastic Packetbeat≤ 8.6.0 ≤8.19.8enisa_euvdEU
Elastic NV filebeat≤ 9.2.4fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 8.0fstec_bduRU
elasticsearch packetbeat8.6.0 → 8.19.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch packetbeat9.0.0 → 9.1.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch packetbeat9.2.0 → 9.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/elastic/beatsall versionsosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats
Go github.com/elastic/beats8.6.0 → 8.19.9osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats
Go github.com/elastic/beats9.0.0 → 9.1.9osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats
Go github.com/elastic/beats9.2.0 → 9.2.3osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats
Go github.com/elastic/beats/v7< 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4eosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/elastic/beats/v7

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvvElasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments2025-12-19ghsa · osvUS
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.
GO-2025-4253Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments in github.com/elastic/beats2026-01-23vendor · osvUS
Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments in github.com/elastic/beats

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-12-18modified 2026-06-17

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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