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CVE-2025-68383 json

Filebeat Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input

published 10mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2025-204418 , GHSA-2mj3-6grc-px38 , GO-2025-4252

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input (CWE-1285) in Filebeat Syslog parser and the Libbeat Dissect processor can allow a user to trigger a Buffer Overflow (CAPEC-100) and cause a denial of service (panic/crash) of the Filebeat process via either a malformed Syslog message or a malicious tokenizer pattern in the Dissect configuration.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/elastic/beats/v7 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251204214633-dd3af18220bf, 8.19.9, 9.1.9, 9.2.3
  • elastic filebeat 8.19.9, 9.1.9, 9.2.3
  • elasticsearch filebeat 8.19.9, 9.1.9, 9.2.3
  • elastic beats 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251204214633-dd3af18220bf
  • elasticsearch beats 7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251204214633-dd3af18220bf
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260123T022811-150000.1.140.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0292-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
10mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/elastic/beats/v7
>=7.7.0, <8.19.9
>=9.0.0, <9.1.9
>=9.2.0, <9.2.3
<7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251204214633-dd3af18220bf
>=7.7.0
8.19.9
9.1.9
9.2.3
7.0.0-alpha2.0.20251204214633-dd3af18220bf
go github.com/elastic/beats
<=7.6.2
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • Elastic Filebeat

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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