# CVE-2026-115297: NULL Pointer Dereference in Packetbeat Leading to Denial of Service

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-116077, GHSA-M495-GXX4-GW2P
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

CVE-2026-115297 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 6.5 (medium) and affects Packetbeat; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

Packetbeat, Elastic's network packet monitoring agent, is affected by this flaw in its AMQP protocol parsing. An unauthenticated attacker who can send traffic on a network segment Packetbeat monitors can crash the Packetbeat process with a single crafted packet, stopping network telemetry collection until it is restarted.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Elastic Packetbeat: from 8.0.0, through 8.19.23; from 9.0.0, through 9.4.8; from 9.5.0, through 9.5.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elastic Packetbeat, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-115297 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-115297

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-115297?

Packetbeat: from 8.0.0 through 8.19.23; from 9.0.0 through 9.4.8; from 9.5.0 through 9.5.5.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-115297

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-24-9-4-9-9-5-6-security-update-esa-2026-208/391361

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