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prometheus-blackbox-exporter — security advisory
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
- Products
- prometheus-blackbox-exporter
- Affected versions
- 0.23.0-4, 0.24.0-1, 0.24.0-2, 0.24.0-3, 0.25.0-1, 0.25.0-2, 0.26.0-1, 0.26.0-2, 0.28.0-1, 0.28.0-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-16248
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16248
prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Fixed versions: Not specified
prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Fixed versions: Not specified
prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
{
"id": "1acfff7f9790d3ecf2b9017bdf511285c395959a741538b4d443731a8de26dc4",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16248",
"method": "structured",
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{
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"aliases": [
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}
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"package": {
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"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/prometheus-blackbox-exporter?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"versions": [
"0.26.0-1",
"0.26.0-2",
"0.28.0-1",
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"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"versions": [
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},
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-26T12:00:59.231510609Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2020-16248"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16248"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2020-16248",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 451409,
"published_at": "2020-08-09T17:15:11.703+00:00"
}