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CVE-2020-16248
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be…
Medium5.8EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
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 vulnerability
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/security/#exporters (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/94 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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