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

> CVE-2026-115297: NULL Pointer Dereference in Packetbeat Leading to Denial of Service. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-115297
Last updated: 2026-11-03T20:32:50Z

- Published: 2026-11-03 16:44 UTC · Updated: 2026-11-03 20:32 UTC · Assigner: elastic
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS: 0.30%, 23th percentile (scored 2026-11-10)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-476

## 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- Elastic: Packetbeat

## Tracked companies

- [Elastic Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/elastic-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115297)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115297)
- [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-8-19-24-9-4-9-9-5-6-security-update-esa-2026-208/391361](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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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-115297 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-115297.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-115297 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-11T05:26:45.613Z