# Packetbeat 8.19.9, 9.1.9, and 9.2.3 Security Update (ESA-2025-29)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177>\
**Category:** Security Announcements\
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-9-9-1-9-and-9-2-3-security-update-esa-2025-29/384177 "2025-12-18T21:13:38Z")\
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**Packetbeat Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (ESA-2025-29)**

Allocation of resources without limits or throttling (CWE-770) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause excessive allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and CPU via the integration of malicious IPv4 fragments, leading to a degradation in Packetbeat.

**Affected Versions:**

- 8.x: All versions from **8.6.0** up to and including 8.19.8
- 9.x:
  - All versions from 9.0.0 up to and including 9.1.8
  - All versions from 9.2.0 up to and including 9.2.2

**Solutions and Mitigations:**  
The issue is resolved in version 8.19.9, 9.1.9, and 9.2.3

**Severity:** CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L  
**CVE ID:** CVE-2025-68388

**Changelog:**  
2025-12-19: As this does not cause a denial-of-service but rather a degradation, it has been downgraded to a medium severity issue

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