CVE-2025-68388

MEDIUM

Packetbeat 8.6.0-8.19.8 & <7.0.0-alpha2 - DoS via Malicious IPv4 Fragments

Title source: llm

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 a degradation in Packetbeat.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 28.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Products (3)

elastic/beats 0 - 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4eGo

elastic/beats 8.6.0 - 8.19.9Go

elasticsearch/packetbeat 8.6.0 - 8.19.9

Published Dec 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026