Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in NFS Protocol Dissector by Elastic
CVE-2025-68382

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Elastic
Status
Packetbeat
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-68382?

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability within the NFS protocol dissector in Elastic's Packetbeat allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to exploit buffer overflow conditions. This can lead to a denial-of-service event due to the program crashing while processing truncated XDR-encoded RPC messages. Users of affected versions should prioritize applying security updates to mitigate potential risks.

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Affected Version(s)

Packetbeat 7.0.0 <= 7.17.29

Packetbeat 8.0.0 <= 8.19.8

Packetbeat 9.0.0 <= 9.1.8

References

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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