CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

Filebeat Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input_CVE-2025-68383

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input (CWE-1285) in Filebeat Syslog parser and the Libbeat Dissect processor can allow a user to trigger a Buffer Overflow (CAPEC-100) and cause a denial of service (panic/crash) of the Filebeat process via either a malformed Syslog message or a malicious tokenizer pattern in the Dissect configuration.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-68383
Source elastic
Published Dec 18, 2025 at 22:00

Affected Product

Vendor Elastic
Product Filebeat
Version 7.0.0
Affected Versions Elastic Filebeat 7.0.0
Elastic Filebeat 8.0.0
Elastic Filebeat 9.0.0
Elastic Filebeat 9.2.0

CWE Classification

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