CVE-2025-68388
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments in github.com/elastic/beats
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/elastic/beats | >=8.6.0,<8.19.9 | 8.19.9 |
| Go | github.com/elastic/beats | >=9.0.0,<9.1.9 | 9.1.9 |
| Go | github.com/elastic/beats | >=9.2.0,<9.2.3 | 9.2.3 |
| Go | github.com/elastic/beats/v7 | <7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e | 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e |
| Go | github.com/elastic/beats | | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68388
- https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/28cfc80d2f4e80bfd1c72eb3f849d777751ab870
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177
- https://github.com/elastic/beats
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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