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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 10:55

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Authentication Bypass in Grafana via auth proxy allowing escalation from admin to server admin

Details

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Versions prior to 9.1.6 and 8.5.13 are vulnerable to an escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used, allowing an admin to take over the server admin account and gain full control of the grafana instance. All installations should be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround deactivate auth proxy following the instructions at: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/

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        "name": "grafana",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/grafana"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.5.13"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "9.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.0.9"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "9.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.1.6"
            }
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          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
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      "severity": [
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-35957"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Versions prior to 9.1.6 and 8.5.13 are vulnerable to an escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used, allowing an admin to take over the server admin account and gain full control of the grafana instance. All installations should be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround deactivate auth proxy following the instructions at: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/",
  "id": "BIT-grafana-2022-35957",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:55:38.882Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9q"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYU5C2RITLHVZSTCWNGQWA6KSPYNXM2H/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0001/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35957"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Authentication Bypass in Grafana via auth proxy allowing escalation from admin to server admin"
}

CVE-2022-35957 (GCVE-0-2022-35957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-20 00:00 – Updated: 2026-01-28 04:55

Title

Authentication Bypass in Grafana via auth proxy allowing escalation from admin to server admin

Summary

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-27 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advis…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2022121…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
grafana	grafana	Affected: > 9.0.0, < 9.1.6 Affected: < 8.5.13

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