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CVE-2021-39226

Grafana Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.3EPSS 99.9%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 September 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
99.93% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 25 August 2022 · due 15 September 2022
Weakness
CWE-287, CWE-862
Affected
grafana/grafana · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
security-advisories@github.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. 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

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.