{"id":"CVE-2025-68388","aliases":["GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv","GO-2025-4253"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68388","summary":"Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments","details":"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.","published":"2025-12-18T21:33:50.796Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:36.051439330Z","cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"epss":{"score":0.00351,"percentile":0.27742,"asOf":"2026-08-24"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","fixedVersion":"8.19.9"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","fixedVersion":"9.1.9"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats","fixedVersion":"9.2.3"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/elastic/beats/v7","fixedVersion":"7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/28cfc80d2f4e80bfd1c72eb3f849d777751ab870","label":"elastic/beats@28cfc80"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68388.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68388"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/28cfc80d2f4e80bfd1c72eb3f849d777751ab870"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/elastic/beats"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:36.051439330Z"}}