Missing Authorization Affecting prometheus-operator package, versions <0.91.0-r3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-PROMETHEUSOPERATOR-16964688
  • published28 May 2026
  • disclosed22 May 2026

Introduced: 22 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-39833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi prometheus-operator to version 0.91.0-r3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream prometheus-operator package and not the prometheus-operator package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

The in-memory keyring returned by NewKeyring() silently accepted keys with the ConfirmBeforeUse constraint but never enforced it. The key would sign without any confirmation prompt, with no indication to the caller that the constraint was not in effect. NewKeyring() now returns an error when unsupported constraints are requested.