CVE-2025-68381 describes an Improper Bounds Check (CWE-787) vulnerability in Packetbeat, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted UDP packet with an invalid fragment sequence number. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited with low attack complexity over an adjacent network, leading to high availability impact such as application crashes or resource exhaustion. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely known or exploited in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.19.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.1.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2.0, <= 9.2.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, < 8.19.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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