Apache HertzBeat aliasFields xpath injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Apache HertzBeat and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument aliasFields leads to xpath injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-114442. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache HertzBeat (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument aliasFields with an unknown input leads to a xpath injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-643. The product uses external input to dynamically construct an XPath expression used to retrieve data from an XML database, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes that input. This allows an attacker to control the structure of the query. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-114442. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/03/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Apache

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• HertzBeat

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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