CVE-2025-68388 is a resource allocation vulnerability (CWE-770) affecting Elasticsearch Packetbeat, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service. By sending malicious IPv4 fragments, an attacker can trigger excessive memory and CPU consumption, degrading Packetbeat's performance. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability requires no user interaction and has a low impact on availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.6.0, <= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.6.0, < 8.19.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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