High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat 1.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary…
Priority LOW 11Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat 1.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00358 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:high_availability_linux_project:heartbeat:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.2.3 | Vulnerable | High Availability Linux Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:high_availability_linux_project:heartbeat:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·High Availability Linux Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2231
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4hr-57mh-jv58
References
Advisory 1
More High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat vulnerabilities
- TI-2006-03022 The peel_netstring function in cl_netstring.c in the heartbeat subsystem in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2005-2231 · CVE Program
- CVE-2005-2231 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r4hr-57mh-jv58 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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