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.
CVE-2022-46146
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.2 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 61% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.2
- EG Score
- 6.2(medium)
- EPSS
- 63.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 29, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- security-advisories@githubhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/1
- security-advisories@githubhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/2
- security-advisories@githubhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/4
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/commit/5b1eab34484ddd353986bce736cd119d863e4ff5
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-7rg2-cxvp-9p7p
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JRSHISR64L6QGSMDFZDNPHHIXSCAKK26/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UH24VXIB25OGHF4VGY4PLZMTGTI3BHCA/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULVDTAI76VATRAHTKCE2SUJ4NC3PQZ6Y/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-15
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/commit/5b1eab34484ddd353986bce736cd119d863e4ff5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-7rg2-cxvp-9p7p
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JRSHISR64L6QGSMDFZDNPHHIXSCAKK26/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-46146(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8:v4.11.0-202308311243.p0.g99b6e03.assembly.stream | 2023-09-13 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8:v4.13.0-202304190216.p0.gb6f11a5.assembly.stream | 2023-05-17 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8:v4.12.0-202305022015.p0.g9f2b5ff.assembly.stream | 2023-05-10 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit | — | 0.8.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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