CVE-2020-16248
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be interpreted as both intended functionality and also a
02 Description
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be interpreted as both intended functionality and also a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-08-09 16:16Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-07-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9dfad262b391fc3e06b233be9d0bc19f45ca573e7f8bab000d0bc0de2a7c5d60
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669
- prometheus.iohttps://prometheus.io/docs/operating/security/#exporters
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12
- seclists.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/94
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- prometheus-blackbox-exporter No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- prometheus-blackbox-exporter No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- prometheus-blackbox-exporter No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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