ubuntu-cve-2023-40577
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-08-25 01:15
Modified
2025-10-24 05:02
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
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          },
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      },
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        "0.6.2+ds-3",
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      },
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      ],
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        "0.23.0-4",
        "0.23.0-4ubuntu0.1",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40577",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:02:15Z",
  "published": "2023-08-25T01:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40577"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/security/advisories/GHSA-v86x-5fm3-5p7j"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40577"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6935-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6935-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-40577"
  ]
}



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