CVE-2026-421547.5HighCWE-789

CVE-2026-42154: Prometheus: remote read endpoint allows denial of service via crafted snappy payload

prometheus

Vendor fix available · Affected: prometheus · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.8%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

57th percentile

050100

Higher than 57% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

prometheus · prometheus< 3.5.3; >= 3.6.0, < 3.11.3

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Open the Atlas

Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value · Denial of Service
Vendor: prometheus
Published: May 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), May 2026

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