VDB-430487 · CVE-2026-115297 · GCVE-0-2026-115297

Elastic Packetbeat up to 8.19.23/9.4.8/9.5.5 AMQP Protocol Parser null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Elastic Packetbeat up to 8.19.23/9.4.8/9.5.5. This affects an unknown part of the component AMQP Protocol Parser. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-115297. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Packetbeat up to 8.19.23/9.4.8/9.5.5. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component AMQP Protocol Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) in the AMQP protocol parser in Packetbeat can lead to denial of service via specially crafted network traffic. An unauthenticated attacker who can send traffic on a network segment that Packetbeat monitors for AMQP can cause a Go runtime panic that terminates the Packetbeat process. A single crafted packet is sufficient. No AMQP authentication is necessary. While Packetbeat is not running, it does not collect network telemetry.

It is possible to read the advisory at discuss.elastic.co. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-115297 since 10/22/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Elastic

Name

Packetbeat

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (elastic): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/22/2026 CVE reserved
11/03/2026 +12 days Advisory disclosed
11/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CNA: elastic
CVE: CVE-2026-115297 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-115297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-430487

Entryinfo

Created: 11/03/2026 18:15
Changes: 11/03/2026 18:15 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103