Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input (CWE-1285) in Filebeat Syslog parser and the Libbeat Dissect processor can allow a user to trigger a Buffer Overflow (CAPEC-100) and cause a denial of service (panic/crash) of the Filebeat process via either a malformed Syslog message or a malicious tokenizer pattern in the Dissect configuration.
{
"severity": "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-18T22:16:02Z",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-120",
"CWE-1284"
],
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-19T21:04:09Z"
}