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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-11-08 19:09

Modified

2026-09-10 15:46

Summary

Alertmanager UI is vulnerable to stored XSS via the /api/v1/alerts endpoint

Details

Alertmanager handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server. An attacker with the permission to perform POST requests on the /api/v1/alerts endpoint could be able to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the users of Prometheus Alertmanager. This issue has been fixed in Alertmanager version 0.2.51.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "alertmanager",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/alertmanager"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.25.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.25.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-40577"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:prometheus:alertmanager:0.25.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:prometheus:alertmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "Alertmanager handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server. An attacker with the permission to perform POST requests on the /api/v1/alerts endpoint could be able to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the users of Prometheus Alertmanager. This issue has been fixed in Alertmanager version 0.2.51.",
  "id": "BIT-alertmanager-2023-40577",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T15:46:03.895Z",
  "published": "2024-11-08T19:09:34.789Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/security/advisories/GHSA-v86x-5fm3-5p7j"
    },
    {
      "type": "DISCUSSION",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00011.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40577"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Alertmanager UI is vulnerable to stored XSS via the /api/v1/alerts endpoint"
}

CVE-2023-40577 (GCVE-0-2023-40577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-25 00:12 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:08

Title

Alertmanager UI is vulnerable to stored XSS via the /api/v1/alerts endpoint

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-02 17:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7664 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/securi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
prometheus	alertmanager	Affected: <= 0.25.0

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            "tags": [
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            ],
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          },
          {
            "tags": [
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            ],
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00011.html"
          }
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        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      },
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                "options": [
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                  },
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                    "Automatable": "yes"
                  },
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                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
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          "vendor": "prometheus",
          "versions": [
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            }
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        }
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            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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        },
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    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
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}

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