CVE-2026-59296 (GCVE-0-2026-59296)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-21 10:47 – Updated: 2026-08-27 17:57
VLAI
Title
Micrometer StatsD and Logging meter registries line-protocol and log injection vulnerability
Summary
Using untrusted, non-normalized input as-is for metrics data (such as metric names, tag keys, or tag values) is a dangerous antipattern that general-purpose instrumentation should never perform. Micrometer 1.17.0 Micrometer 1.16.0 - 1.16.6 Micrometer 1.15.0 - 1.15.12 Micrometer 1.14.0 - 1.14.16 Micrometer 1.9.18 and earlier
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-21 11:55 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Spring Micrometer Affected: 1.17.0 (custom)
Affected: 1.16.0 , ≤ 1.16.6 (custom)
Affected: 1.15.0 , ≤ 1.15.12 (custom)
Affected: 1.14.0 , ≤ 1.14.16 (custom)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.9.18 (custom)
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