What is GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv?

GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv cover?

GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-68388. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv?

GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv?

GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv affects 4 products, including: go/github.com/elastic/beats:\u003e= 8.6.0, \u003c 8.19.9; go/github.com/elastic/beats:\u003e= 9.0.0, \u003c 9.1.9; go/github.com/elastic/beats:\u003e= 9.2.0, \u003c 9.2.3; go/github.com/elastic/beats/v7:\u003c 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e.

GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvvHighCVSS 7.5

Elasticsearch Packetbeat has Excessive Allocation of Memory and CPU via Malicious IPv4 Fragments

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

December 19, 2025

Last Modified

December 20, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-68388 →

📋 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 denial-of-service in Packetbeat.

🎯 Affected products4

go/github.com/elastic/beats:>= 8.6.0, < 8.19.9
go/github.com/elastic/beats:>= 9.0.0, < 9.1.9
go/github.com/elastic/beats:>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.3
go/github.com/elastic/beats/v7:< 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251209162832-28cfc80d2f4e

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68388
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177
https://github.com/elastic/beats/commit/28cfc80d2f4e80bfd1c72eb3f849d777751ab870
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj69-23m4-ccvv