GHSL-2023-255: HertzBeat Authenticated (user role) RCE via unsafe deserialization in /api/monitors/import
Priority HIGH 73CWE-502Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
Hertzbeat is an open source, real-time monitoring system. Hertzbeat has an authenticated (user role) RCE via unsafe deserialization in /api/monitors/import. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0133 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed HertzBeat (Apache): 1.6.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA HertzBeat (Apache) Fixed in 1.6.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42362
References
Patch 5
- https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat/pull/1611
- https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat/pull/1620
- https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat/pull/1620/files#diff-9c5fb3d1b7e3b0f54bc5c4182965c4fe1f9023d449017cece3005d3f90e8e4d8
- https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat/commit/79f5408e345e8e89da97be05f43e3204a950ddfb
- https://github.com/apache/hertzbeat/commit/9dbbfb7812fc4440ba72bdee66799edd519d06bb
More Apache Hertzbeat vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-28043 HertzBeat AviatorScript Inject RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28347 GHSL-2023-256: HertzBeat Authenticated (guest role) SQL injection in /api/monitor/{monitorId}/metric/{metricFull} CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-28044 HertzBeat SnakeYAML Deser RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-28301 Unauthorized access vulnerability on three interfaces CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-28304 Hertzbeat JMX JNDI RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28312 Apache HertzBeat: RCE by snakeYaml deser load malicious xml CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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