Let $K = \mathbb R$, and let $C = \{x^2+y^2+z^2 = 0\} \subseteq \mathbb P^2_K$ be the conic without a rational point. The projection $\pi \colon C_{\bar K} \to C$ induces a pullback map
$$\pi^* \colon \operatorname{Pic}(C) \to \operatorname{Pic}(C_{\bar K}) = \mathbb Z$$
identifying $\operatorname{Pic}(C)$ with the subgroup $2\mathbb Z \subseteq \mathbb Z$. In particular, there is no degree $1$ line bundle on $C$.

Now equip the vector bundle $\mathcal O(1) \oplus \mathcal O(1)$ on $C_{\bar K}$ with a Galois action by interchanging the factors. This descends to a bundle $\mathcal E$ on $C$, which can equivalently be described as $\pi_* \mathcal O(1)$.

**Claim.** The rank $2$ vector bundle $\mathcal E$ is stable on $C$, but its pullback to $C_{\bar K}$ is not.

*Proof.* The second statement is clear. For the first, note that $\mathcal E$ is semistable since it is so over $\bar K$. Thus, it suffices to show that it does not have any degree $1$ subbundles. But $C$ does not have *any* line bundle of degree $1$. $\square$