CVE-2022-23536 (GCVE-0-2022-23536)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-19 21:10 – Updated: 2025-04-16 18:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Alertmanager can expose local files content via specially crafted config
Summary
Cortex provides multi-tenant, long term storage for Prometheus. A local file inclusion vulnerability exists in Cortex versions 1.13.0, 1.13.1 and 1.14.0, where a malicious actor could remotely read local files as a result of parsing maliciously crafted Alertmanager configurations when submitted to the Alertmanager Set Configuration API. Only users of the Alertmanager service where `-experimental.alertmanager.enable-api` or `enable_api: true` is configured are affected. Affected Cortex users are advised to upgrade to patched versions 1.13.2 or 1.14.1. However as a workaround, Cortex administrators may reject Alertmanager configurations containing the `api_key_file` setting in the `opsgenie_configs` section before sending to the Set Alertmanager Configuration API.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-16 18:22 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://cortexmetrics.io/docs/api/#set-alertmanag… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex/releases/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex/releases/… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cortexproject | cortex |
Affected:
>= 1.13.0, <= 1.13.1
Affected: = 1.14.0 |
guessed |
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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