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ubuntu-cve-2021-43798 Withdrawn 2026-01-08

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-12-07 19:15

Modified

2025-10-24 04:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      high

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-43798	REPORT
	https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advis…	REPORT
	https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e…	REPORT
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafa…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43798	REPORT
	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	REPORT

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CVE-2021-43798 (GCVE-0-2021-43798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-07 18:25 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25

Title

Grafana path traversal

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-09 03:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafa…	x_refsource_MISC
https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/08/an-update-on-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165221/Grafa…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/09/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2021122…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
grafana	grafana	Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.7 Affected: >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.8 Affected: >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7 Affected: = 8.3.0

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