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CVE-2025-68388

Published: Dec 18, 2025Updated: Dec 23, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-770
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

PacketbeatElasticDatabases
github.com/elastic/beatsGoOSS Libraries
github.com/elastic/beats/v7GoOSS Libraries
packetbeatelasticsearch
On-prem
Databases / nosql
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
elasticcommercialUSDatabasesaka elasticsearch co., elastic.co
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
elasticsearchcommercialDatabasesaka elastic, elasticsearch service
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 1 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177
discuss.elastic.co
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68388
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/28cfc80d2f4e80bfd1c72eb3f849d777751ab870
github.com
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 18, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 23, 2025

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