Packetbeat Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling_CVE-2025-68388

7.5 / 10

HIGH

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

Description

Allocation of resources without limits or throttling (CWE-770) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause excessive allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and CPU via the integration of malicious IPv4 fragments, leading to denial-of-service in Packetbeat.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-68388

Source elastic

Published Dec 18, 2025 at 21:33

Modified Dec 18, 2025 at 21:48

Affected Product

Vendor Elastic

Product Packetbeat

Version 7.0.0

Affected Versions Elastic Packetbeat 7.0.0
Elastic Packetbeat 8.0.0
Elastic Packetbeat 9.0.0
Elastic Packetbeat 9.2.0

CWE Classification

CWE-770

References

discuss.elastic.co /t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177

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