{"id":"CVE-2020-16248","details":"Prometheus Blackbox Exporter through 0.17.0 allows /probe?target= SSRF. NOTE: follow-on discussion suggests that this might plausibly be interpreted as both intended functionality and also a vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-08T19:03:26.540499Z","published":"2020-08-09T17:15:11.703Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/security/#exporters"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/94"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/12"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/08/3"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/issues/669"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1bc768014cf6815f7e9d694e0292e77dd10f3235"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.17.0"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:prometheus:blackbox_exporter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["v0.17.0","v0.16.0","v0.15.1","v0.15.0","v0.14.0","v0.13.0","v0.12.0","v0.11.0","v0.10.0","v0.9.1","v0.9.0","v0.8.1","v0.8.0","v0.7.0","v0.4.0","v0.3.0","v0.2.0","0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16248.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N"}]}