CVE-2026-40011
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CVE-2026-40011 is a low-severity vulnerability rated 3.7/10 on the CVSS scale. An attacker sending a large number of crafted DNS queries might be able to trigger a dynamic block being inserted with a value causing invalid output to be produced in the prometheus endpoint. The prometheus endpoint will then be rejected by the scraper until the dynamic block expires.. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An attacker sending a large number of crafted DNS queries might be able to trigger a dynamic block being inserted with a value causing invalid output to be produced in the prometheus endpoint. The prometheus endpoint will then be rejected by the scraper until the dynamic block expires.
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- Status
- Deferred
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