CVE-2022-46146

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

1.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 69.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2022-11-29 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 14:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-11-28

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.2)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
• CWE-303Incorrect Implementation of Authentication AlgorithmBase
• CWE-305Authentication Bypass by Primary WeaknessBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

921f3ba686ce69de955f1a58deadf7ed48803fa617f88c3ba832f6ae2b286aaf

• github.comhttps://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-7rg2-cxvp-9p7p
• github.comhttps://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/commit/5b1eab34484ddd353986bce736cd119d863e4ff5
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20221129 CVE-2022-46146 in Prometheus' exporter toolkit: bypass basic authenticationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/1mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20221129 Re: CVE-2022-46146 in Prometheus' exporter toolkit: bypass basic authenticationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/2mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20221129 Re: CVE-2022-46146 in Prometheus' exporter toolkit: bypass basic authenticationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/4mailing-list
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-cf176d02d8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULVDTAI76VATRAHTKCE2SUJ4NC3PQZ6Y/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-1b25579262https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JRSHISR64L6QGSMDFZDNPHHIXSCAKK26/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-c1318fb7f8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UH24VXIB25OGHF4VGY4PLZMTGTI3BHCA/vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202401-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-15vendor-advisory