vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-40577: Cross-site Scripting
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Aug 25, 2023 | Aug 22, 2024 | Jun 18, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 25, 2023
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-alertmanager
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