Fluentd: Exposure of Sensitive Information via Monitor Agent API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-306 and CWE-200.
Summary
Fluentd collects events from various data sources and writes them to files, RDBMS, NoSQL, IaaS, SaaS, Hadoop and so on. Prior to 1.19.3, Fluentd's Monitor Agent plugin in_monitor_agent exposes internal metrics and plugin information via a REST API, and responses from /api/plugins.json and related endpoints unintentionally include internal instance variables that may contain database passwords, API keys, or cloud credentials. This issue is fixed in version 1.19.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fluent | fluentd | before 1.19.3 | 1.19.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | fluentd (RubyGems) | before 1.19.3 | 1.19.3 | Patch available | GHSA-pr7j-96cj-549h |
- fluentd Vendorfluent Affected before 1.19.3 Fixed in 1.19.3 Patch available CNA
- fluentd (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 1.19.3 Fixed in 1.19.3 Patch available GHSA-pr7j-96cj-549h
Remediation
- Fix · CNA fluentd (fluent) Fixed in 1.19.3
- Fix · GHSA-pr7j-96cj-549h fluentd (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.19.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44025
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pr7j-96cj-549h
References
More Fluentd vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-18753 Fluentd vulnerable to remote code execution due to insecure deserialization (in non-default configuration) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-32064 Fluentd: Remote Code Execution (RCE) via Arbitrary File Write in `${tag}` Placeholder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-07995 Escape sequence injection vulnerability in Fluentd versions 0.12.29 through 0.12.40 may… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-14076 An issue was discovered in Fluent-ui v.1.2.2 allows attackers to gain escalated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-32142 Fluentd: Denial of Service (DoS) via Gzip Decompression Bomb in `in_http` and `in_forward` CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-32143 Fluentd: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Placeholder Expansion in `out_http` CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-44025 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44025 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pr7j-96cj-549h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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