SCA: security update for github.com/prometheus/prometheus (GHSA-3m87-5598-2v4f)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409588

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A stored, DOM based, cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in Prometheus before version 2.7.1. An
attacker could exploit this by convincing an authenticated user to visit a crafted URL on a Prometheus
server, allowing for the execution and persistent storage of arbitrary scripts. (CVE-2019-3826)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3m87-5598-2v4f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409588

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3826

cwe: CWE-79