GHSA-3qjf-qh38-x73vHighCVSS 7.5

Unauthenticated Miniflux user can bypass allowed networks check to obtain Prometheus metrics

Published
April 2, 2025
Last Modified
April 2, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Impact

An unauthenticated user can retrieve Prometheus metrics from a publicly reachable Miniflux instance where the METRICS_COLLECTOR configuration option is enabled and METRICS_ALLOWED_NETWORKS is set to 127.0.0.1/8 (the default).

Patches

PR #1745 fixes the problem. Available in Miniflux >= 2.0.43.

Workarounds

Set METRICS_COLLECTOR to false (default) or run Miniflux behind a trusted reverse-proxy.

References

  • https://miniflux.app/docs/configuration.html#metrics-collector
  • https://miniflux.app/docs/configuration.html#metrics-allowed-networks

🎯 Affected products2

  • go/miniflux.app/v2:<= 2.0.42
  • go/miniflux.app:<= 1.0.46

🔗 References (6)