# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q6jp-29q3-rwxv

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48208?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51388/): HertzBeat AviatorScript Inject RCE (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-51389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51389/): HertzBeat SnakeYAML Deser RCE (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-51653](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51653/): Hertzbeat JMX JNDI RCE (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-24343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24343/): Apache HertzBeat: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via Crafted XPath Expressions (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-24404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24404/): Apache HertzBeat (incubating): RCE by parse http sitemap xml response (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48208 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache HertzBeat (incubating). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48208/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48208/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48208
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48208
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48208

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48208/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.