CVE-2023-51388 HertzBeat AviatorScript Inject RCE
Attackers can execute arbitrary code via AviatorScript injection in HertzBeat due to missing security policies in the alarm calculation module.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-51388?
CVE-2023-51388 is a critical code injection vulnerability in dromara hertzbeat, published on 22 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Hertzbeat is a real-time monitoring system. In `CalculateAlarm.java`, `AviatorEvaluator` is used to directly execute the expression function, and no security policy is configured, resulting in AviatorScript (which can execute any static method by default) script injection. Version 1.4.1 fixes this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51388?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Hertzbeat.
How do I fix CVE-2023-51388?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51388 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-51388 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-51388 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in dromara hertzbeat
- CVE-2023-51389 HertzBeat SnakeYAML Deser RCE
- CVE-2023-51653 Hertzbeat JMX JNDI RCE
- CVE-2026-24343 Apache HertzBeat: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via Crafted XPath Expressions
- CVE-2025-24404 Apache HertzBeat (incubating): RCE by parse http sitemap xml response
- CVE-2025-48208 Apache HertzBeat (incubating): Jmx JNDI injection vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcqg-gqxr-hqgj.