GHSA-fw8g-cg8f-9j28Published

Prometheus: Stored XSS via crafted histogram bucket label values in the heatmap display of the old Prometheus web UI

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cve-program · CVE-2026-44903

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Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system and time series database. From 2.49.0 to before 3.5.3 and 3.11.3, in the Prometheus server's legacy web UI (enabled via the command-line flag --enable-feature=old-ui), the histogram heatmap chart view does not escape le label values when inserting them into the HTML for use as axis tick mark labels. An attacker who can inject crafted metrics can execute JavaScript in the browser of any Prometheus user who views the metric in the heatmap chart UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.5.3 and 3.11.3.

Source published: 26 May 2026 21:27:18 UTC
Source modified: 27 May 2026 14:20:35 UTC
Saved here: 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

euvd · EUVD-2026-32008

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datePublished: May 26, 2026, 9:27:18 PM

dateUpdated: May 27, 2026, 2:20:35 PM

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WID-SEC-W-2026-1292: Prometheus: Mehrere Schwachstellen

CVE-2026-42151 · CVE-2026-42154 · CVE-2026-44903

Source published: May 26, 2026, 9:27:18 PM (timezone not stated)
Source modified: May 27, 2026, 2:20:35 PM (timezone not stated)
Saved here: 15 Nov 2026 14:01:43 UTC
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EUVD CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

nvd · CVE-2026-44903

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Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-79

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published: 2026-05-26T22:16:43.010

lastModified: 2026-07-24T12:10:00.210

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cpe:2.3:a:prometheus:prometheus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Source published: 26 May 2026 22:16:43 UTC
Source modified: 24 Jul 2026 12:10:00 UTC
Saved here: 25 Oct 2026 10:17:27 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · [email protected] · Secondary · 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary · 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

osv · GHSA-fw8g-cg8f-9j28

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### Impact In the Prometheus server's legacy web UI (enabled via the command-line flag `--enable-feature=old-ui`), the histogram heatmap chart view does not escape `le` label values when inserting them into the HTML for use as axis tick mark labels. An attacker who can inject crafted metrics (e.g. via a compromised scrape target, remote write, or OTLP receiver endpoint) can execute JavaScript in the browser of any Prometheus user who views the metric in the heatmap chart UI. From the XSS context, an attacker could for example: - Read `/api/v1/status/config` to extract sensitive configuration (although credentials / secrets are redacted by the server) - Call `/-/quit` to shut down Prometheus (only if `--web.enable-lifecycle` is set) - Call `/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series` to delete data (only if `--web.enable-admin-api` is set) - Exfiltrate metric data to an external server Note that this only affects users who have explicitly enabled the legacy Prometheus web UI using the `--enable-feature=old-ui` command-line flag. ### Patches https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/commit/38f23b9075ced1de2b82d2dad8b2bebb1ecd5b7d ### Workarounds If at all possible, disable the legacy web UI by removing the `--enable-feature=old-ui` command-line flag). If this is not an option, take the following precautions: - If using the remote write receiver (`--web.enable-remote-write-receiver`), ensure it is not exposed to untrusted sources. - If using the OTLP receiver (`--web.enable-otlp-receiver`), ensure it is not exposed to untrusted sources. - Ensure scrape targets are trusted and not under attacker control. - Do not enable admin / mutating API endpoints (e.g. `--web.enable-admin-api` or `web.enable-lifecycle`) in cases where you cannot prevent untrusted data from being ingested. - Users should avoid clicking untrusted links, especially those containing functions such as `label_replace`, as they may generate poisoned label names and values. ### References - CVE-2019-10215 — prior stored DOM XSS vulnerability in Prometheus query history, fixed in v2.7.2 - CVE-2026-40179 — prior stored DOM XSS vulnerability in Prometheus web UI (hover tooltips and metrics explorer), fixed in v3.11.2

Source published: 5 May 2026 21:53:18 UTC
Source modified: 10 Sep 2026 03:51:05 UTC
Saved here: 24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC
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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS_V4 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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osv · GO-2026-5381

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Prometheus vulnerable to stored XSS via crafted histogram bucket label values in the old web UI heatmap display in github.com/prometheus/prometheus

Source published: 25 Jun 2026 18:43:19 UTC
Source modified: 27 Jun 2026 18:29:24 UTC
Saved here: 24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC
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