CVE-2025-68388 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-68388

Vendor Elastic
Product Packetbeat
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published December 18, 2025
Last update December 19, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 18, 2025 CVE published
December 19, 2025 Record updated