Description
Improper Bounds Check (CWE-787) in Packetbeat can allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to exploit a Buffer Overflow (CAPEC-100) and reliably crash the application or cause significant resource exhaustion via a single crafted UDP packet with an invalid fragment sequence number.
Published: 2025-12-18
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch packetbeat
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:packetbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch packetbeat

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Elastic
Elastic packetbeat
Vendors & Products Elastic
Elastic packetbeat

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper Bounds Check (CWE-787) in Packetbeat can allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to exploit a Buffer Overflow (CAPEC-100) and reliably crash the application or cause significant resource exhaustion via a single crafted UDP packet with an invalid fragment sequence number.
Title Packetbeat Improper Bounds Check
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Elastic Packetbeat
Elasticsearch Packetbeat
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-18T22:03:05.834Z

Reserved: 2025-12-16T17:26:09.355Z

Link: CVE-2025-68381

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-18T22:03:03.141Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-18T22:16:02.070

Modified: 2025-12-23T17:42:32.230

Link: CVE-2025-68381

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-19T09:15:48Z

Weaknesses