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Uptime Kuma is Missing Authorization Checks on Ping Badge Endpoint, Leaks Ping times of monitors without needing to be on a status page

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 11, 2026 in louislam/uptime-kuma • Updated Mar 13, 2026

Package

npm uptime-kuma (npm)

Affected versions

>= 2.0.0, <= 2.1.3

Patched versions

2.2.0

Description

Summary

The GET /api/badge/:id/ping/:duration? endpoint in server/routers/api-router.js does not verify that the requested monitor belongs to a public group. All other badge endpoints check AND public = 1 in their SQL query before returning data. The ping endpoint skips this check entirely, allowing unauthenticated users to extract average ping/response time data for private monitors.

Affected Code

File: server/routers/api-router.js, approximately line 304

The ping badge endpoint directly calls UptimeCalculator.getUptimeCalculator(requestedMonitorId) without first checking if the monitor is public. Compare with the status badge endpoint (~line 148) which correctly queries:

SELECT monitor_group.monitor_id FROM monitor_group, `group`
WHERE monitor_group.group_id = `group`.id
AND monitor_group.monitor_id = ?
AND public = 1

Protected vs Vulnerable Endpoints

Endpoint Has public=1 check?
/api/badge/:id/status Yes
/api/badge/:id/uptime/:duration? Yes
/api/badge/:id/avg-response/:duration? Yes
/api/badge/:id/cert-exp Yes
/api/badge/:id/response Yes
/api/badge/:id/ping/:duration? No — vulnerable

PoC

  1. Install Uptime Kuma (tested on latest v2 stable via Docker)
  2. Create an HTTP(s) monitor (e.g., monitoring http://localhost:3001)
  3. Do NOT add the monitor to any public status page or group
  4. Wait for heartbeats to accumulate (~5 minutes)
  5. Query unauthenticated:
curl http://localhost:3001/api/badge/1/status   → returns N/A (correct, monitor is private)
curl http://localhost:3001/api/badge/1/ping/24  → returns "Avg. Ping (24h): 10ms" (LEAKED)

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker can:

  • Enumerate private monitor IDs
  • Extract average response time data for private monitors
  • Infer existence and reachability of internal monitored services

Suggested Fix

Add the same public monitor check before the UptimeCalculator call:

let publicMonitor = await R.getRow(`
    SELECT monitor_group.monitor_id FROM monitor_group, \`group\`
    WHERE monitor_group.group_id = \`group\`.id
    AND monitor_group.monitor_id = ?
    AND public = 1
`, [requestedMonitorId]);

if (!publicMonitor) {
    badgeValues.message = "N/A";
    badgeValues.color = badgeConstants.naColor;
}

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### References - https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/security/advisories/GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h - https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/issues/7038 - https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/issues/7135 - https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/commit/303a609c05d0b174a5045c90f53c2b557d4febae - https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.0 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32230
@louislam louislam published to louislam/uptime-kuma Mar 11, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 12, 2026
Reviewed Mar 12, 2026
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 12, 2026
Last updated Mar 13, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(56th percentile)

Weaknesses

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-32230

GHSA ID

GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h

Source code

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