# CVE-2025-12816: CVE-2025-12816

CVE-2025-12816 is fixed in 10 products on 1 platform, first by OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20177-1, released February 5, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12816
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 8.6 (Important)
- EPSS: 0.0058
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Nov 29, 2025
- Weakness: Interpretation Conflict
- Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12816

## Description

This update for Prometheus fixes the following issues:  golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager, golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter:   - Internal changes to fix build issues with no impact for customers     golang-github-prometheus-prometheus:  - Security issues fixed:    * CVE-2026-27606: Fixed arbitrary file write via path traversal in rollup (bsc#1258893)   * CVE-2026-25547: Fixed unbounded brace range expansion leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption (bsc#1257841)   * CVE-2026-1615, CVE-2025-61140 The old web UI is no longer built due to security issues (bsc#1257897, bsc#1257442)   * CVE-2025-13465: Bump lodash package to version 4.17.23 to fix prototype pollution vulnerability (bsc#1257329)   * CVE-2025-12816: Interpretation conflict vulnerability allowing bypassing cryptographic verifications (bsc#1255588)  - Version update from 2.53.4 to 3.5.0 with the following highlighted changes (jsc#PED-13824):    * Modernized Interface: Introduced a brand-new UI   * Enhanced Cloud and Auth: Added unified AWS service discovery (EC2, ECS, Lightsail) and Azure Workload Identity support     for more secure, native cloudauthentication.   * Performance Standards: Fully integrated OpenTelemetry (OTLP) ingestion and moved Native Histograms from experimental     to a stable feature.   * Advanced Data Export: Rolled out Remote Write 2.0, offering better performance and metadata handling when sending     data to external systems.   * Query Power: Added new PromQL functions (like first_over_time and last_over_time) and optimization for grouping     operations.   * Better Visibility: The UI now displays detailed relabeling steps, scrape intervals, and timeouts, making it easier     to troubleshoot why targets aren't reporting correctly.   * Critical Fixes: Resolved significant memory leaks related to query logging and fixed bugs where targets were     accidentally being scraped multiple times.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | dracut-saltboot opensuse-leap 15.6 | 1.1.0-150000.1.65.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-QubitProducts-exporter_exporter opensuse-leap 15.6 | 0.4.0-150000.1.21.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-boynux-squid_exporter opensuse-leap 15.6 | 1.13.0-150000.1.12.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-lusitaniae-apache_exporter opensuse-leap 15.6 | 1.0.10-150000.1.26.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager opensuse-leap 15.6 | 0.28.1-150100.4.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1008-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager sles 15.7 | 0.28.1-150100.4.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1008-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter opensuse-leap 15.6 | 1.9.1-150100.3.38.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1008-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter sles 15.6 | 1.9.1-150100.3.38.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1008-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter sles 15.7 | 1.9.1-150100.3.38.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1008-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-prometheus opensuse-leap 15.6 | 3.5.0-150100.4.29.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1008-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-prometheus opensuse-leap 16.0 | 3.5.0-160000.1.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20177-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20177-1.md) | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-prometheus sles 15.7 | 3.5.0-150100.4.29.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1008-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1008-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-promu opensuse-leap 15.6 | 0.17.0-150000.3.30.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | golang-github-prometheus-promu sles 15.7 | 0.17.0-150000.3.30.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | prometheus-blackbox_exporter opensuse-leap 15.6 | 0.26.0-150000.1.30.2 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Linux | spacecmd opensuse-leap 15.6 | 5.0.15-150000.3.142.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:1013-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-1013-1.md) | Mar 25, 2026 |

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