CVE-2025-68383
Filebeat Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
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- Decision:-
Exploitation
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Timeline
- 2025-12-16 CVE Reserved
- 2025-12-18 CVE Published
- 2025-12-18 CVE Updated
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- ---------- Exploited in Wild
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
CAPEC
- CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers
References (1)
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| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-32/384180 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Elastic Search vendor "Elastic" | Filebeat Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" | >= 7.0.0 <= 7.17.29 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" and version " >= 7.0.0 <= 7.17.29" | en |
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| Elastic Search vendor "Elastic" | Filebeat Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" | >= 8.0.0 <= 8.19.8 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" and version " >= 8.0.0 <= 8.19.8" | en |
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| Elastic Search vendor "Elastic" | Filebeat Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" | >= 9.0.0 <= 9.1.8 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" and version " >= 9.0.0 <= 9.1.8" | en |
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| Elastic Search vendor "Elastic" | Filebeat Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" | >= 9.2.0 <= 9.2.2 Search vendor "Elastic" for product "Filebeat" and version " >= 9.2.0 <= 9.2.2" | en |
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