kubernetes-metrics: Detect Kubernetes Exposed Metrics

2025-08-01 kubernetes-metrics PoC Public

Description

Information Disclosure of Garbage Collection

PoC

id: kubernetes-metrics

info:
  name: Detect Kubernetes Exposed Metrics
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: low
  description: Information Disclosure of Garbage Collection
  reference:
    - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/system-metrics/#metrics-in-kubernetes
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: kubernetes,exposure,devops,misconfig,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/metrics"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "namespace"
          - "HELP"
          - "TYPE"
          - "kube"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502206571fe1dce2b3285d9df483a907886cf67bd160ea59726c377554817049f25bc0221008d385e372f27f92cf8632e3704bb049aed42b00b5a1a194acec55498e5dd2033:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/misconfiguration/kubernetes/kubernetes-metrics.yaml

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