client_golang is the instrumentation library for Go applications in Prometheus, and the promhttp package in client_golang provides tooling around HTTP servers and clients. In client_golang prior to version 1.11.1, HTTP server is susceptible to a Denial of Service through unbounded cardinality, and potential memory exhaustion, when handling requests with non-standard HTTP methods. In order to be affected, an instrumented software must use any of `promhttp.InstrumentHandler*` middleware except `RequestsInFlight`; not filter any specific methods (e.g GET) before middleware; pass metric with `method` label name to our middleware; and not have any firewall/LB/proxy that filters away requests with unknown `method`. client_golang version 1.11.1 contains a patch for this issue. Several workarounds are available, including removing the `method` label name from counter/gauge used in the InstrumentHandler; turning off affected promhttp handlers; adding custom middleware before promhttp handler that will sanitize the request method given by Go http.Request; and using a reverse proxy or web application firewall, configured to only allow a limited set of methods.
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https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/962 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/987 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/releases/tag/v1.11.1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/security/advisories/GHSA-cg3q-j54f-5p7p cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2IK53GWZ475OQ6ENABKMJMTOBZG6LXUR/ cve-icon cve-icon
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7V7I72LSQ3IET3QJR6QPAVGJZ4CBDLN5/ cve-icon cve-icon
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLUJZV3HBP56ADXU6QH2V7RNYUPMVBXQ/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FY3N7H6VSDZM37B4SKM2PFFCUWU7QYWN/ cve-icon cve-icon
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J5WPM42UR6XIBQNQPNQHM32X7S4LJTRX/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KBMVIQFKQDSSTHVVJWJ4QH6TW3JVB7XZ/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MH6ALXEQXIFQRQFNJ5Y2MJ5DFPIX76VN/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RN7JGC2LVHPEGSJYODFUV5FEKPBVG4D7/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SASRKYHT5ZFSVMJUQUG3UAEQRJYGJKAR/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKORFJTRRDJCWBTJPISKKCVMMMJBIRLG/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZY2SLWOQR4ZURQ7UBRZ7JIX6H6F5JHJR/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21698 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21698 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2022-02-15T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-03T02:53:34.814Z

Reserved: 2021-11-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-21698

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-15T16:15:08.527

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:45:15.423

Link: CVE-2022-21698

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-21698 - Bugzilla