Improper Authentication Affecting golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit package, versions <0.8.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-GOLANGGITHUBPROMETHEUSEXPORTERTOOLKIT-11744641
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed29 Nov 2022

Introduced: 29 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-46146  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-303  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit to version 0.8.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit package and not the golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Prometheus Exporter Toolkit is a utility package to build exporters. Prior to versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2, if someone has access to a Prometheus web.yml file and users' bcrypted passwords, they can bypass security by poisoning the built-in authentication cache. Versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2 contain a fix for the issue. There is no workaround, but attacker must have access to the hashed password to use this functionality.

CVSS Base Scores

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