CVE-2022-46146

Prometheus Exporter Toolkit vulnerable to basic authentication bypass

Published Nov 29, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.2 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Prometheus Exporter Toolkit is a utility package to build exporters. Prior to versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2, if someone has access to a Prometheus web.yml file and users' bcrypted passwords, they can bypass security by poisoning the built-in authentication cache. Versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2 contain a fix for the issue. There is no workaround, but attacker must have access to the hashed password to use this functionality.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-7555 Prometheus Exporter Toolkit is a utility package to build exporters. Prior to versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2, if someone has access to a Prometheus web.yml file and users' bcrypted passwords, they can bypass security by poisoning the built-in authentication cache. Versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2 contain a fix for the issue. There is no workaround, but attacker must have access to the hashed password to use this functionality.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7rg2-cxvp-9p7p Prometheus Exporter-Toolkit is vulnerable to authentication bypass
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 2:24 PM
Reserved
Nov 28, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 29, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:11 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 29, 2022, 12:00 AM