CVE-2026-107840
yopass Prometheus metrics middleware allows remote memory exhaustion through unbounded method labels
yopass is a service for securely sharing secrets, passwords, and files. Prior to version 14.7.0, the Prometheus metrics middleware in pkg/server/server.go uses the attacker-controlled r.Method value directly as the method label for yopass_http_requests_total and yopass_http_request_duration_seconds. Because the catch-all route accepts arbitrary HTTP method tokens, an unauthenticated remote attacker can submit many unique methods and create metric series that the Prometheus registry never evicts. The resulting monotonic memory growth can OOM-kill the process, while the expanding registry also degrades /metrics scrape latency and can blind monitoring. This issue is fixed in version 14.7.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
yopass Prometheus metrics middleware allows remote memory exhaustion through unbounded method labels
yopass is a service for securely sharing secrets, passwords, and files. Prior to version 14.7.0, the Prometheus metrics middleware in pkg/server/server.go uses the attacker-controlled r.Method value directly as the method label for yopass_http_requests_total and yopass_http_request_duration_seconds. Because the catch-all route accepts arbitrary HTTP method tokens, an unauthenticated remote attacker can submit many unique methods and create metric series that the Prometheus registry never evicts. The resulting monotonic memory growth can OOM-kill the process, while the expanding registry also degrades /metrics scrape latency and can blind monitoring. This issue is fixed in version 14.7.0.
- Record
CVE-2026-107840- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-95935
7.5
yopass is a service for securely sharing secrets, passwords, and files. Prior to version 14.7.0, the Prometheus metrics middleware in pkg/server/server.go uses the attacker-controlled r.Method value directly as the method label for yopass_http_requests_total and yopass_http_request_duration_seconds. Because the catch-all route accepts arbitrary HTTP method tokens, an unauthenticated remote attacker can submit many unique methods and create metric series that the Prometheus registry never evicts. The resulting monotonic memory growth can OOM-kill the process, while the expanding registry also degrades /metrics scrape latency and can blind monitoring. This issue is fixed in version 14.7.0.
- Record
EUVD-2026-95935- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6r69-c6wg-7g8m
7.5
yopass Prometheus metrics middleware allows remote memory exhaustion through unbounded method labels
The Prometheus metrics middleware in pkg/server/server.go used r.Method directly as a label value on request counter and duration histogram metrics. Since the mux catch-all route matches any HTTP method, an unauthenticated attacker can send requests with arbitrary method strings (e.g. curl -X "M1" http://host/), each creating new counter and histogram time series in the Prometheus registry. The registry's internal maps never evict entries.
An attacker issuing requests with unique method values causes monotonic memory growth until the process is OOM-killed. Additionally, /metrics scrape latency degrades proportionally, eventually timing out and blinding monitoring.
Remediation: Upgrade to 14.7.0 or later, which clamps the method label to a fixed allowlist (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, CONNECT, TRACE) and maps everything else to other.
- Record
GHSA-6r69-c6wg-7g8m- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.5
yopass is a service for securely sharing secrets, passwords, and files. Prior to version 14.7.0, the Prometheus metrics middleware in pkg/server/server.go uses the attacker-controlled r.Method value directly as the method label for yopass_http_requests_total and yopass_http_request_duration_seconds. Because the catch-all route accepts arbitrary HTTP method tokens, an unauthenticated remote attacker can submit many unique methods and create metric series that the Prometheus registry never evicts. The resulting monotonic memory growth can OOM-kill the process, while the expanding registry also degrades /metrics scrape latency and can blind monitoring. This issue is fixed in version 14.7.0.
- Record
CVE-2026-107840- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
yopass Prometheus metrics middleware allows remote memory exhaustion through unbounded method labels
yopass is a service for securely sharing secrets, passwords, and files. Prior to version 14.7.0, the Prometheus metrics middleware in pkg/server/server.go uses the attacker-controlled r.Method value directly as the method label for yopass_http_requests_total and yopass_http_request_duration_seconds. Because the catch-all route accepts arbitrary HTTP method tokens, an unauthenticated remote attacker can submit many unique methods and create metric series that the Prometheus registry never evicts. The resulting monotonic memory growth can OOM-kill the process, while the expanding registry also degrades /metrics scrape latency and can blind monitoring. This issue is fixed in version 14.7.0.
- Record
CVE-2026-107840- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-6r69-c6wg-7g8m
7.5
yopass Prometheus metrics middleware allows remote memory exhaustion through unbounded method labels
The Prometheus metrics middleware in pkg/server/server.go used r.Method directly as a label value on request counter and duration histogram metrics. Since the mux catch-all route matches any HTTP method, an unauthenticated attacker can send requests with arbitrary method strings (e.g. curl -X "M1" http://host/), each creating new counter and histogram time series in the Prometheus registry. The registry's internal maps never evict entries.
An attacker issuing requests with unique method values causes monotonic memory growth until the process is OOM-killed. Additionally, /metrics scrape latency degrades proportionally, eventually timing out and blinding monitoring.
Remediation: Upgrade to 14.7.0 or later, which clamps the method label to a fixed allowlist (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, CONNECT, TRACE) and maps everything else to other.
- Record
GHSA-6r69-c6wg-7g8m- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2026-6720 No score
yopass Prometheus metrics middleware allows remote memory exhaustion through unbounded method labels in github.com/jhaals/yopass
yopass Prometheus metrics middleware allows remote memory exhaustion through unbounded method labels in github.com/jhaals/yopass
- Record
GO-2026-6720- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/jhaals/yopassGo |
before 0.0.0-20260727191436-61e31ead04a4 | 0.0.0-20260727191436-61e31ead04a4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-107840 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Jhaals Yopass, published October 9, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 39th percentile. Fixed in github.com/jhaals/yopass 0.0.0-20260727191436-61e31ead04a4.
References
github.com/jhaals/yopass/security/advisories/GHSA-6r69-c6wg-7g8m
github.com/jhaals/yopass/pull/3773
github.com/jhaals/yopass/commit/61e31ead04a4fc27ce80bed226af41c7c0426ccf
github.com/jhaals/yopass/commit/78d0c14f7085048130199662a2ec8a18ec8d6ebb
github.com/jhaals/yopass/releases/tag/14.7.0
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107840
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6r69-c6wg-7g8m
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/107xxx/CVE-2026-107840.json
github.com/jhaals/yopass