CVE-2025-68388 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Elasticsearch Packetbeat

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling6 documents5 sources

Severity

5.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.1%

top 67.67%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Github.com Elastic Beats Github.com Elastic Beats V7 Elasticsearch Packetbeat +1 more

Timeline

PublishedDec 18

Latest updateJan 23

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDelasticsearch/packetbeat8.6.0 — 8.19.9+2

▶CVEListV5elastic/packetbeat8.6.0 — 8.19.8+2

▶Gogithub.com/elastic_beats8.6.0 — 8.19.9+2

▶Gogithub.com/elastic_beats_v7< 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e

🔴Vulnerability Details

OSV

Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments in github.com/elastic/beats↗2026-01-23

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OSV

Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments↗2025-12-19

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GHSA

Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments↗2025-12-19

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CVEList

CVE-2025-68388: Allocation of resources without limits or throttling (CWE-770) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause excessive allocation (CAPEC-130) of↗2025-12-18

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

Wiz

CVE-2025-68388 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗

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