5.5

CVE-2021-31232: linuxfoundation cortex

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-m45g-f45x-vv22GO-2022-0915
Published 30-04-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-31232 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linuxfoundation cortex. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-04-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Alertmanager in CNCF Cortex before 1.8.1 has a local file disclosure vulnerability when -experimental.alertmanager.enable-api is used. The HTTP basic auth password_file can be used as an attack vector to send any file content via a webhook. The alertmanager templates can be used as an attack vector to send any file content because the alertmanager can load any text file specified in the templates list.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Github.com/cortexproject1 product
  • cortex< 1.8.1
Linuxfoundation1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

6 links