What is CVE-2026-115297?

CVE-2026-115297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Packetbeat, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-115297?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Elastic Packetbeat

CVE-2026-115297

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.

Published 2026-11-03 · last modified 2026-11-03.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Elastic Packetbeat

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-24-9-4-9-9-5-6-security-update-esa-2026-20…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-115297?: CVE-2026-115297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elastic Packetbeat, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-115297?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.