Prometheus: remote read endpoint allows denial of service via crafted snappy payload
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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-42154US | — | Exploit | ||
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… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25039WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25245WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29770WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30651WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34357WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34359WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34364WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34794WEB
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