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SCA: security update for github.com/prometheus/alertmanager (GHSA-v86x-5fm3-5p7j)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419186
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- Alertmanager handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server. An attacker with
the permission to perform POST requests on the /api/v1/alerts endpoint could be able to execute arbitrary
JavaScript code on the users of Prometheus Alertmanager. This issue has been fixed in Alertmanager version
0.2.51. (CVE-2023-40577)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 419186
Version: Revision 1.7
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: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40577
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 8/23/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-40577
cwe: CWE-79