CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-39226
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Grafana Authentication Bypass Vulnerability — Grafana Labs Grafana
Grafana contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated and unauthenticated users to view and delete all snapshot data, potentially resulting in complete snapshot data loss.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-08-25
- Remediation due
- 2022-09-15
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://grafana.com/blog/2021/10/05/grafana-7.5.11-and-8.1.6-released-with-critical-security-fix/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39226
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2021-10-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287, CWE-862
Description
Grafana is an open source data visualization platform. In affected versions unauthenticated and authenticated users are able to view the snapshot with the lowest database key by accessing the literal paths: /dashboard/snapshot/:key, or /api/snapshots/:key. If the snapshot "public_mode" configuration setting is set to true (vs default of false), unauthenticated users are able to delete the snapshot with the lowest database key by accessing the literal path: /api/snapshots-delete/:deleteKey. Regardless of the snapshot "public_mode" setting, authenticated users are able to delete the snapshot with the lowest database key by accessing the literal paths: /api/snapshots/:key, or /api/snapshots-delete/:deleteKey. The combination of deletion and viewing enables a complete walk through all snapshot data while resulting in complete snapshot data loss. This issue has been resolved in versions 8.1.6 and 7.5.11. If for some reason you cannot upgrade you can use a reverse proxy or similar to block access to the literal paths: /api/snapshots/:key, /api/snapshots-delete/:deleteKey, /dashboard/snapshot/:key, and /api/snapshots/:key. They have no normal function and can be disabled without side effects.
Affected configurations
• grafana grafana (< 7.5.11)
• grafana grafana (>= 8.0.0 < 8.1.6)
• fedoraproject fedora 34
• fedoraproject fedora 35
Related
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/05/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/2d456a6375855364d098ede379438bf7f0667269 Patch
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-69j6-29vr-p3j9 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-7-5-11/ Release Notes
- https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-8-1-6/ Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DCKBFUSY6V4VU5AQUYWKISREZX5NLQJT/ Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E6ANHRDBXQT6TURLP2THM26ZPDINFBEG/ Broken Link
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0008/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/05/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/2d456a6375855364d098ede379438bf7f0667269 Patch
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-69j6-29vr-p3j9 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-7-5-11/ Release Notes
- https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-8-1-6/ Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DCKBFUSY6V4VU5AQUYWKISREZX5NLQJT/ Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E6ANHRDBXQT6TURLP2THM26ZPDINFBEG/ Broken Link
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0008/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-39226 US Government Resource