Netdata: Unauthenticated remote PUT to /api/v3/settings bypasses IP allowlist controls via HTTP_ACL_NOCHECK
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Netdata is an open source observability tool. From 2.0.0 until 2.11.0, Netdata registers /api/v3/settings in src/web/api/v3/web_api_v3.c with HTTP_ACL_NOCHECK and HTTP_ACCESS_ANONYMOUS_DATA, causing unauthenticated PUT requests handled by src/web/api/v3/api_v3_settings.c to bypass operator-configured allow dashboard from IP restrictions. A network-reachable caller can persist attacker-controlled JSON in {varlib}/settings/default.json, manipulate its version counter, and use repeated near-20 MiB writes to consume disk space, although the file does not control collection or security policy. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA netdata (netdata) Fixed in 2.11.0
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-83602
References
More netdata vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-08744 Netdata vulnerable to command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-21114 ndsudo: local privilege escalation via untrusted search path CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-08745 Netdata is vulnerable to improper authentication CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-57701 Netdata: Streaming protocol dimension slot has no upper-bound guard, allowing integer overflow and out-of-bounds write CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-57700 Netdata: Streaming protocol chart slot guard off-by-one allows ~16 GiB allocation request, crashing parent agent CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-57699 Netdata: WebSocket Decompression Bomb CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-83602 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-83602 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-83602 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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