CVE-2024-28867 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-28867: Swift Prometheus un-sanitized metric name or labels can be used to take over exported metrics

Vendor Swift-Server
Product swift-prometheus
Weakness CWE-74
Published March 29, 2024
Last update March 25, 2025

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Swift Prometheus is a Swift client for the Prometheus monitoring system, supporting counters, gauges and histograms. In code which applies _un-sanitized string values into metric names or labels_, an attacker could make use of this and send a `?lang` query parameter containing newlines, `}` or similar characters which can lead to the attacker taking over the exported format -- including creating unbounded numbers of stored metrics, inflating server memory usage, or causing "bogus" metrics. This vulnerability is fixed in2.0.0-alpha.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 29, 2024 CVE published
March 25, 2025 Record updated