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CVE-2025-68381

Packetbeat Improper Bounds Check

Published: Dec 18, 2025Updated: Dec 23, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Improper Bounds Check (CWE-787) in Packetbeat can allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to exploit a Buffer Overflow (CAPEC-100) and reliably crash the application or cause significant resource exhaustion via a single crafted UDP packet with an invalid fragment sequence number.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

PacketbeatElasticDatabases
packetbeatelasticsearch
On-prem
Databases / nosql
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PacketbeatElastic NV
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
elasticcommercialUSDatabasesaka elasticsearch co., elastic.co
elasticsearchcommercialDatabasesaka elastic, elasticsearch service
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
elastic nvcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka elastic

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-30/384178
discuss.elastic.co
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-30/384178
discuss.elastic.co
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68381
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Dec 18, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 23, 2025

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