CVE-2025-48208 Apache HertzBeat (incubating): Jmx JNDI injection vulnerability
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts via JNDI injection in Apache HertzBeat, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48208?
CVE-2025-48208 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apache HertzBeat (incubating), published on 9 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection') vulnerability in Apache HertzBeat .
The attacker needs to have an authenticated account with access, and the attack can only be triggered by crafting custom commands. A successful attack would result in arbitrary script execution.
This issue affects Apache HertzBeat: through 1.7.2.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.7.3], which fixes the issue.
Weakness: CWE-90
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48208?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Hertzbeat.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48208?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48208 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-2025-48208 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48208 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache HertzBeat (incubating)
- CVE-2023-51388 HertzBeat AviatorScript Inject RCE
- 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
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q6jp-29q3-rwxv.