CVE-2025-68381
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BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-12-18

Last updated on: 2025-12-23

Assigner: Elastic

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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Published
2025-12-18
Last Modified
2025-12-23
Generated
2026-06-16
AI Q&A
2025-12-19
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-68381
EUVD
EUVD-2025-204396
Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 4 associated CPEs
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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CWE ID Description
CWE-787 The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
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Executive Summary

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.

Impact Analysis

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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