CVE-2020-16248: Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Prometheus Blackbox Exporter: up to and including 0.17.0

Published 2020-08-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.