CVE-2024-28867CWE-74

Swift Prometheus un-sanitized metric name or labels can be used to take over exported metrics

Medium · published March 29, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Swift Prometheus is a Swift client for the Prometheus monitoring system, supporting counters, gauges and histograms. In code which applies _un-sanitized string values into metric names or labels_, an attacker could make use of this and send a `?lang` query parameter containing newlines, `}` or similar characters which can lead to the attacker taking over the exported format -- including creating unbounded numbers of stored metrics, inflating server memory usage, or causing "bogus" metrics. This vulnerability is fixed in2.0.0-alpha.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00645 · 50.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Published
2024-03-29T14:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 MAR 14:26Z
    Swift Prometheus un-sanitized metric name or labels can be used to take over exported metrics
    cvelistv5