CVE-2025-68388
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
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 Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.41%• Percentile: 35%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-770•Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
Affected Systems
- chainguard•agentbeat
< 0
- chainguard•agentbeat-fips
< 0
- chainguard•apm-server-8.17
all
- chainguard•apm-server-8.18
all
- chainguard•apm-server-8.19
< 8.19.11-r0
- chainguard•apm-server-9.0
all
- chainguard•apm-server-9.1
all
- chainguard•apm-server-9.2
< 9.2.3-r1
- chainguard•apm-server-9.2-compat
< 9.2.3-r1
- chainguard•apm-server-fips-8.17
all
- chainguard•apm-server-fips-8.18
all
- chainguard•apm-server-fips-8.19
< 8.19.11-r0
- chainguard•apm-server-fips-9.0
all
- chainguard•apm-server-fips-9.1
all
- chainguard•apm-server-fips-9.2
< 9.2.3-r1
- chainguard•apm-server-fips-9.2-compat
< 9.2.3-r1
- chainguard•auditbeat-8.17
all
- chainguard•auditbeat-8.18
all
- chainguard•auditbeat-8.19
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-8.19-oci-entrypoint
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-9.0
all
- chainguard•auditbeat-9.1
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-9.1-oci-entrypoint
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-9.2
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-9.2-oci-entrypoint
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-9.3
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-9.4
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-8.17
all
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-8.18
all
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-8.19
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-9.0
all
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-9.1
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-9.2
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-9.3
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-9.4
< 0
- chainguard•auditbeat-fips-9.5
< 0
- chainguard•beats-8.19
< 0
- chainguard•beats-9.1
< 0
- chainguard•beats-9.2
< 0
- chainguard•beats-fips-8.19
< 0
- chainguard•beats-fips-9.1
< 0
- chainguard•beats-fips-9.2
< 0
- chainguard•cloudbeat-8.17
all
- chainguard•cloudbeat-8.18
all
- chainguard•cloudbeat-8.19
< 8.19.12-r0
- chainguard•cloudbeat-9.0
all
- chainguard•cloudbeat-9.1
all
- chainguard•cloudbeat-9.2
< 9.2.6-r0
- chainguard•cloudbeat-9.3
< 0
- chainguard•cloudbeat-fips-8.17
all
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References (6)
- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68388
- https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/28cfc80d2f4e80bfd1c72eb3f849d777751ab870
- https://github.com/elastic/beats
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68388.json