CVE-2025-68381

Packetbeat Improper Bounds Check

Published Dec 18, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch packetbeat
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch packetbeat
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic packetbeat
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic packetbeat
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Packetbeat Improper Bounds Check
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
elastic
Published
Updated
Dec 18, 2025, 10:03 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2025, 5:26 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Dec 18, 2025, 10:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:59 AM