Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 29
Latest updateNov 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages8 packages

CVEListV5prometheus/exporter-toolkit< 0.7.2+1
NVDprometheus/exporter_toolkit0.8.00.8.2+1
debiandebian/golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit< golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit 0.8.2-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Prometheus Exporter-Toolkit is vulnerable to authentication bypass2022-12-02
GHSA
Prometheus Exporter-Toolkit is vulnerable to authentication bypass2022-12-02
OSV
Authentication bypass in github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit2022-11-29
OSV
CVE-2022-46146: Prometheus Exporter Toolkit is a utility package to build exporters2022-11-29

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
exporter-toolkit: authentication bypass via cache poisoning2022-11-29
Microsoft
Prometheus Exporter Toolkit vulnerable to basic authentication bypass2022-11-08
Debian
CVE-2022-46146: golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit - Prometheus Exporter Toolkit is a utility package to build exporters. Prior to ve...2022

📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
PATCHEVAL: A New Benchmark for Evaluating LLMs on Patching Real-World Vulnerabilities2025-11-14