6.5

CVE-2026-115297: NULL Pointer Dereference in Packetbeat Leading to Denial of Service

Awaiting analysis
Published 03-11-2026Last modified 03-11-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-115297 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in elastic packetbeat.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-11-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) in the AMQP protocol parser in Packetbeat can lead to denial of service via specially crafted network traffic. An unauthenticated attacker who can send traffic on a network segment that Packetbeat monitors for AMQP can cause a Go runtime panic that terminates the Packetbeat process. A single crafted packet is sufficient. No AMQP authentication is necessary. While Packetbeat is not running, it does not collect network telemetry.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Elastic1 product
  • packetbeat≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.19.23 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.4.8 | ≥ 9.5.0, ≤ 9.5.5

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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