DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42154

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42154
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42154.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42154
Upstream
Published
2026-05-04T19:16:04.397Z
Modified
2026-05-06T08:00:56.870224Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system and time series database. Prior to versions 3.5.3 and 3.11.3, 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. This issue has been patched in versions 3.5.3 and 3.11.3.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / prometheus

Package

Name
prometheus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/prometheus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.24.1+ds-1
2.31.1+ds1-1
2.31.1+ds2-1
2.31.1+ds2-2
2.31.2+ds1-1
2.33.5+ds1-1
2.33.5+ds1-2~bpo11+1
2.33.5+ds1-2
2.33.5+ds1-3
2.33.5+ds1-4
2.34.0+ds1-1
2.35.0+ds1-1
2.36.2+ds1-1
2.37.1+ds1-1
2.38.0+ds1-1
2.39.1+ds1-1
2.39.1+ds1-2
2.40.0+ds-1
2.40.1+ds-1
2.40.2+ds-1
2.40.2+ds-2
2.40.2+ds-3
2.40.3+ds-1
2.40.4+ds-1
2.40.4+ds-1+0.riscv64.1
2.40.4+ds-2
2.40.5+ds-1
2.40.5+ds-2
2.40.5+ds-3
2.40.7+ds-1
2.41.0+ds-1
2.41.0+ds-2
2.42.0+ds-1
2.42.0+ds-2
2.42.0+ds-3
2.42.0+ds-4
2.42.0+ds-5
2.42.0+ds-6
2.43.1+ds-1
2.44.0+ds-1
2.45.0+ds-1
2.45.0+ds-2
2.45.0+ds-3
2.45.1+ds-1
2.45.1+ds-2
2.45.1+ds-3
2.45.3+ds-1
2.45.3+ds-2
2.45.3+ds-3
2.45.4+ds-1
2.45.4+ds-2
2.45.5+ds-1
2.45.6+ds-1
2.45.6+ds-2
2.45.6+ds-3
2.45.6+ds-4
2.45.6+ds-5
2.45.6+ds-6
2.45.6+ds-7
2.45.6+ds-8
2.45.6+ds-9
2.53.1+ds-1
2.53.1+ds-2
2.53.1+ds-3
2.53.3+ds1-1
2.53.3+ds1-2
2.53.4+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-2
2.53.5+ds1-3
2.53.5+ds1-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42154.json"

Debian:12 / prometheus

Package

Name
prometheus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/prometheus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.42.0+ds-5
2.42.0+ds-6
2.43.1+ds-1
2.44.0+ds-1
2.45.0+ds-1
2.45.0+ds-2
2.45.0+ds-3
2.45.1+ds-1
2.45.1+ds-2
2.45.1+ds-3
2.45.3+ds-1
2.45.3+ds-2
2.45.3+ds-3
2.45.4+ds-1
2.45.4+ds-2
2.45.5+ds-1
2.45.6+ds-1
2.45.6+ds-2
2.45.6+ds-3
2.45.6+ds-4
2.45.6+ds-5
2.45.6+ds-6
2.45.6+ds-7
2.45.6+ds-8
2.45.6+ds-9
2.53.1+ds-1
2.53.1+ds-2
2.53.1+ds-3
2.53.3+ds1-1
2.53.3+ds1-2
2.53.4+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-2
2.53.5+ds1-3
2.53.5+ds1-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42154.json"

Debian:13 / prometheus

Package

Name
prometheus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/prometheus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.53.3+ds1-2
2.53.4+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-2
2.53.5+ds1-3
2.53.5+ds1-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42154.json"

Debian:14 / prometheus

Package

Name
prometheus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/prometheus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.53.3+ds1-2
2.53.4+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-1
2.53.5+ds1-2
2.53.5+ds1-3
2.53.5+ds1-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42154.json"