Medium

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

  • Disclosed: 12.03.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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:

sql
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:
bash
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:

js
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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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package uptime-kuma >= 2.0.0, < 2.2.0 2.2.0

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-862
Platform
npm
Package
uptime-kuma
Disclosed
12.03.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-c7hf-c5p5-5g6h - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: uptime-kuma

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (11) in the archive
Total entries
11
First → latest
10.2023 03.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2
  • Medium 8
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 4
  2. 2024: 4
  3. 2025: 2
  4. 2026: 1
Severity:
  1. Uptime Kuma is Missing Authorization Checks on Ping Badge Endpoint, Leaks Ping times of monitors without needing to be on a status page this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-32230 >= 2.0.0, < 2.2.0 2.2.0
  2. High · 7.8 CVE-2023-44400 < 1.23.3 1.23.3

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