CVE-2025-68388
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CVE-2025-68388 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elasticsearch | Packetbeat | >= 8.6.0, < 8.19.9 |
| Elasticsearch | Packetbeat | >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9 |
| Elasticsearch | Packetbeat | >= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3 |
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Timeline
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- Status
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