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CVE-2026-83536
Published:October 12, 2026
Updated:October 14, 2026
A flaw was found in openstack-network-exporter. The HTTP server within the component is configured without essential timeout settings, such as ReadHeaderTimeout. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to initiate multiple slow HTTP header connections. By trickling header bytes, the attacker can exhaust server resources, specifically file descriptors, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) that prevents legitimate Prometheus metric scraping and alerting.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-network-exporter.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =v0.2.0 <v0.3.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.3.0
github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/openstack-network-exporter (GO):
Affected version(s) =v0.2.0 <v0.3.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.3.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
EPSS
Base Score:
0.31