CVE-2025-25011 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Beats

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path ElementCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elastic Beats
Timeline
PublishedJul 30

Description

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability can lead to local privilege Escalation (LPE) via Insecure Directory Permissions. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of directory permissions. An attacker with local access may exploit this flaw to move and delete arbitrary files, potentially gaining SYSTEM privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶CVEListV5elastic/beats8.0.0 — 9.1.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h425-rqxh-h66f: An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability can lead to local privilege Escalation (LPE) via Insecure Directory Permissions↗2025-07-30
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CVEList
Beats Uncontrolled Search Path Element can lead to Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) when using the Windows Installer↗2025-07-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1 in PutLE16().↗2021-05-11
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