FKIE_CVE-2021-43798

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-07 19:15 - Updated: 2025-10-24 14:47
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Grafana versions 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.3.0 (except for patched versions) iss vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to local files. The vulnerable URL path is: `<grafana_host_url>/public/plugins//`, where is the plugin ID for any installed plugin. At no time has Grafana Cloud been vulnerable. Users are advised to upgrade to patched versions 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7, or 8.3.1. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about vulnerable URL paths, mitigation, and the disclosure timeline.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafana-Arbitrary-File-Reading.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security-advisories@github.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165221/Grafana-8.3.0-Directory-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Read.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security-advisories@github.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/09/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e958d15d9cc7f27c72113d572fa58545cePatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47pPatch, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/08/an-update-on-0day-cve-2021-43798-grafana-directory-traversal/Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0004/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafana-Arbitrary-File-Reading.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165221/Grafana-8.3.0-Directory-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Read.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/09/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e958d15d9cc7f27c72113d572fa58545cePatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47pPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/08/an-update-on-0day-cve-2021-43798-grafana-directory-traversal/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0004/Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-43798US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
grafana grafana *
grafana grafana *
grafana grafana *
grafana grafana 8.0.0
grafana grafana 8.0.0
grafana grafana 8.0.0
grafana grafana 8.3.0
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