CVE-2025-68383 describes an Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset vulnerability (CWE-1285) affecting Elastic Filebeat, specifically its Syslog parser and Libbeat Dissect processor. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker on the adjacent network to trigger a Buffer Overflow, leading to a denial of service (panic/crash) of the Filebeat process through a crafted Syslog message or malicious tokenizer pattern. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), the attack requires low complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:filebeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.19.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:filebeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.1.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:filebeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2.0, <= 9.2.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:filebeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, < 8.19.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:filebeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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