CVE-2025-68381
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-12-18
Last updated on: 2025-12-23
Assigner: Elastic
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| elasticsearch | packetbeat | From 7.0.0 (inc) to 7.17.29 (inc) |
| elasticsearch | packetbeat | From 8.0.0 (inc) to 8.19.9 (exc) |
| elasticsearch | packetbeat | From 9.0.0 (inc) to 9.1.9 (exc) |
| elasticsearch | packetbeat | From 9.2.0 (inc) to 9.2.3 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-787 | The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is an Improper Bounds Check (CWE-787) in Packetbeat that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to exploit a buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted UDP packet with an invalid fragment sequence number. This can cause the application to crash or suffer significant resource exhaustion.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can impact you by causing the Packetbeat application to crash or experience significant resource exhaustion, potentially leading to denial of service or disruption of monitoring services.
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