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CVE-2025-68383: Filebeat Beats has Buffer Overflow via Malformed Syslog Message or Malicious Tokenizer Pattern in Dissect Configuration

December 19, 2025

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.

References

  • discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-32/384180
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mj3-6grc-px38
  • github.com/elastic/beats/commit/27a168fb1c598d4a16748e9a7382bc0d197335a5
  • github.com/elastic/beats/commit/2f971a057eea68e057b47829950cd8c26805df30
  • github.com/elastic/beats/commit/339fa3f887a14c91e0c955b50a3b8819393bd632
  • github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68383

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 7.6.2

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
  • CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

Source file

go/github.com/elastic/beats/CVE-2025-68383.yml

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