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VMwareCVE-2026-59296

VMware Micrometer: injection

Medium5.9CVE-2026-59296 · Published Aug 21, 2026 · updated Aug 28, 2026

Using untrusted, non-normalized input as-is for metrics data (such as metric names, tag keys, or tag values) is a dangerous antipattern that general-purpose instrumentation should never perform. Micrometer 1.17.0 Micrometer 1.16.0 - 1.16.6 Micrometer 1.15.0 - 1.15.12 Micrometer 1.14.0 - 1.14.16 Micrometer 1.9.18 and earlier

VMware advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Micrometer
Product
<= 1.17.0No fix yet
>= 1.16.0, <= 1.16.6No fix yet
>= 1.15.0, <= 1.15.12No fix yet
>= 1.14.0, <= 1.14.16No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-74

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