Security advisory

{
  "id": "364ee32e1fbaa9d75dad36e07431adb673a39d022f5fc24350a394df3ccaf5f1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16248",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-16248",
    "summary": "Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be interpreted as both intended functionality and also a vulnerability",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-16248",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-16248",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-16248"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1bc768014cf6815f7e9d694e0292e77dd10f3235"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:prometheus:blackbox_exporter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.17.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.17.0",
            "v0.16.0",
            "v0.15.1",
            "v0.15.0",
            "v0.14.0",
            "v0.13.0",
            "v0.12.0",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.1",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
            "0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16248.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:59.861792506Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/security/#exporters",
        "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/94",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3",
        "https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-16248",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383193,
  "published_at": "2020-08-09T17:15:11.703+00:00"
}