GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-862 vulnerability in uptime-kuma. A fix is available for uptime-kuma — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Uptime Kuma is Missing Authorization Checks on Ping Badge Endpoint, Leaks Ping times of monitors without needing to be on a status page
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
uptime-kumanpmDescription
Summary
The GET /api/badge/:id/ping/:duration? endpoint in server/routers/api-router.js does not verify that the requested monitor belongs to a public group. All other badge endpoints check AND public = 1 in their SQL query before returning data. The ping endpoint skips this check entirely, allowing unauthenticated users to extract average ping/response time data for private monitors.
Affected Code
File: server/routers/api-router.js, approximately line 304
The ping badge endpoint directly calls UptimeCalculator.getUptimeCalculator(requestedMonitorId) without first checking if the monitor is public. Compare with the status badge endpoint (~line 148) which correctly queries:
SELECT monitor_group.monitor_id FROM monitor_group, `group`
WHERE monitor_group.group_id = `group`.id
AND monitor_group.monitor_id = ?
AND public = 1
Protected vs Vulnerable Endpoints
| Endpoint | Has public=1 check? |
|---|---|
| /api/badge/:id/status | Yes |
| /api/badge/:id/uptime/:duration? | Yes |
| /api/badge/:id/avg-response/:duration? | Yes |
| /api/badge/:id/cert-exp | Yes |
| /api/badge/:id/response | Yes |
| /api/badge/:id/ping/:duration? | No — vulnerable |
PoC
- Install Uptime Kuma (tested on latest v2 stable via Docker)
- Create an HTTP(s) monitor (e.g., monitoring http://localhost:3001)
- Do NOT add the monitor to any public status page or group
- Wait for heartbeats to accumulate (~5 minutes)
- Query unauthenticated:
curl http://localhost:3001/api/badge/1/status → returns N/A (correct, monitor is private)
curl http://localhost:3001/api/badge/1/ping/24 → returns "Avg. Ping (24h): 10ms" (LEAKED)
Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can:
- Enumerate private monitor IDs
- Extract average response time data for private monitors
- Infer existence and reachability of internal monitored services
Suggested Fix
Add the same public monitor check before the UptimeCalculator call:
let publicMonitor = await R.getRow(`
SELECT monitor_group.monitor_id FROM monitor_group, \`group\`
WHERE monitor_group.group_id = \`group\`.id
AND monitor_group.monitor_id = ?
AND public = 1
`, [requestedMonitorId]);
if (!publicMonitor) {
badgeValues.message = "N/A";
badgeValues.color = badgeConstants.naColor;
}
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| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | uptime-kuma | ≥ 2.0.0&&< 2.2.0 | 2.2.0npm install uptime-kuma@2.2.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for uptime-kuma, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update uptime-kuma to 2.2.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
How to detect GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id ghsa-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h -u https://target- Template
- Uptime-Kuma < v1.23.0 - Improper Access Control
- Severity
- medium
- Impact
- Information disclosure of monitor ping data to unauthenticated attackers, potentially aiding reconnaissance efforts.
- Remediation
- Upgrade to Uptime-Kuma version 1.23.0 or later, which patches the vulnerable endpoint by introducing proper authorization checks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h in your dependencies?
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