#VU120257 Out-of-bounds read in Packetbeat - CVE-2025-68382
Published: December 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120257
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68382
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Packetbeat
Packetbeat
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack
Elastic Stack
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the NFS protocol dissector when handling truncated XDR-encoded RPC messages. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic over the network, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.