CVE-2025-68381
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CVE-2025-68381 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elasticsearch | Packetbeat | >= 7.0.0, <= 7.17.29 |
| Elasticsearch | Packetbeat | >= 8.0.0, < 8.19.9 |
| Elasticsearch | Packetbeat | >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9 |
| Elasticsearch | Packetbeat | >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3 |
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