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CVE-2020-16248

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-08-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-918

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

Affected products

• prometheus Blackbox Exporter: through 0.17.0

References

• https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669
• https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/security/#exporters
• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/94
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3
• https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669
• https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/security/#exporters
• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/94
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3

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