PT-2022-6550

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Prometheus Exporter Toolkit versions prior to 0.7.2 and 0.8.2 Description The issue is related to the implementation of the bcrypt hashing algorithm in the Prometheus Exporter Toolkit, which can be exploited to bypass authentication when...

prometheus2 -- basic authentication bypass

Prometheus team reports: Prometheus and its exporters can be secured by a web.yml file that specifies usernames and hashed passwords for basic authentication. Passwords are hashed with bcrypt, which means that even if you have access to the hash, it is very hard to find the original password back...