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CVE-2026-42154: Prometheus: Remote read endpoint allows denial of service via crafted snappy payload

May 5, 2026

The remote read endpoint (/api/v1/read) does not validate the declared decoded length in a snappy-compressed request body before allocating memory. An unauthenticated attacker can send a small payload that causes a huge heap allocation per request. Under concurrent load this can exhaust available memory and crash the Prometheus process.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rm2-7qqf-34qm
  • github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pull/18584
  • github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pull/18585
  • github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.11.3
  • github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.5.3
  • github.com/prometheus/prometheus/security/advisories/GHSA-8rm2-7qqf-34qm
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42154

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.311.3

Fixed versions

  • 0.311.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.311.3 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Source file

go/github.com/prometheus/prometheus/CVE-2026-42154.yml

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