prometheus — Vulnerabilities & Security Advisories 7

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit primarily used for time-series metrics collection and analysis in cloud-native environments. Historically, it has been vulnerable to classes including remote code execution, cross-site scripting, and privilege escalation, often stemming from improper input validation and insecure default configurations. Notable security characteristics include its reliance on HTTP-based scraping mechanisms, which can expose attack surfaces. Major incidents include CVE-2021-23017, allowing RCE through API endpoints, and CVE-2022-41717, enabling XSS via the web console. Despite these vulnerabilities, its widespread adoption in DevOps and cloud infrastructure necessitates careful configuration and regular patching to mitigate risks.