Grafana folders admin only permission privilege escalation
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. In versions prior to 8.5.13, 9.0.9, and 9.1.6, Grafana is subject to Improper Preservation of Permissions resulting in privilege escalation on some folders where Admin is the only used permission. The vulnerability impacts Grafana instances where RBAC was disabled and enabled afterwards, as the migrations which are translating legacy folder permissions to RBAC permissions do not account for the scenario where the only user permission in the folder is Admin, as a result RBAC adds permissions for Editors and Viewers which allow them to edit and view folders accordingly. This issue has been patched in versions 8.5.13, 9.0.9, and 9.1.6. A workaround when the impacted folder/dashboard is known is to remove the additional permissions manually.
- Published
- Sep 22, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 53th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-281
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Report tools
Action score
15
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 15 / 40 · 3.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 3.8
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 7.6
- 3.8 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| grafana | grafana | cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- grafana grafanabefore 8.5.13
- grafana grafana9.0.0 and later · before 9.0.9
- grafana grafana9.1.0 and later · before 9.1.6
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
grafana grafana
- < 8.5.13, >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9, >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.6affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/grafana/grafana | from 8.5.0 · before 8.5.13 | 8.5.13 |
| Go | github.com/grafana/grafana | from 9.0.0 · before 9.0.9 | 9.0.9 |
| Go | github.com/grafana/grafana | from 9.1.0 · before 9.1.6 | 9.1.6 |
| Go | github.com/grafana/grafana | all versions | — |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | golang-github-prometheus-promu | before 0.13.0-150000.3.9.1 | 0.13.0-150000.3.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | wire | before 0.5.0-150000.1.12.3 | 0.5.0-150000.1.12.3 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | wire | before 0.5.0-150000.1.9.3 | 0.5.0-150000.1.9.3 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | grafana | before 8.5.13-1.1 | 8.5.13-1.1 |
| SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6 | grafana | before 8.5.13-150100.3.12.1 | 8.5.13-150100.3.12.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | grafana | before 8.5.13-150200.3.29.5 | 8.5.13-150200.3.29.5 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | grafana | before 9.5.1-150200.3.41.3 | 9.5.1-150200.3.41.3 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | grafana | before 9.5.1-150200.3.41.3 | 9.5.1-150200.3.41.3 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | grafana | before 8.5.13-150200.3.29.5 | 8.5.13-150200.3.29.5 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | golang-github-boynux-squid_exporter | before 1.6-1.9.1 | 1.6-1.9.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | grafana | before 9.5.1-1.48.1 | 9.5.1-1.48.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | grafana | before 8.5.13-1.36.2 | 8.5.13-1.36.2 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | mgr-daemon | before 4.3.7-1.41.1 | 4.3.7-1.41.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | prometheus-blackbox_exporter | before 0.19.0-1.14.1 | 0.19.0-1.14.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | spacecmd | before 4.3.16-38.112.1 | 4.3.16-38.112.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | spacecmd | before 4.3.21-38.121.1 | 4.3.21-38.121.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | spacewalk-client-tools | before 4.3.13-52.80.1 | 4.3.13-52.80.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | uyuni-common-libs | before 4.3.8-1.33.1 | 4.3.8-1.33.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12 | zypp-plugin-spacewalk | before 1.0.14-30.42.1 | 1.0.14-30.42.1 |
| SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15 | dracut-saltboot | before 0.1.1665997480.587fa10-150000.1.41.1 | 0.1.1665997480.587fa10-150000.1.41.1 |
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- CVE-2018-15727Grafana 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.6.4 and 5.x before 5.2.3 allows authentication bypass because an attacker can generate a valid "remember 58Plan
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Go:github.com/grafana/grafana | 8.5.13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/grafana/grafana | 9.0.9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/grafana/grafana | 9.1.6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:dracut-saltboot | 0.1.1665997480.587fa10-150000.1.41.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:golang-github-boynux-squid_exporter | 1.6-150000.1.9.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:golang-github-prometheus-promu | 0.13.0-150000.3.9.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:grafana | 8.5.13-150200.3.29.5 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:spacecmd | 4.3.16-150000.3.89.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:dracut-saltboot | 0.1.1665997480.587fa10-150000.1.41.1 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:golang-github-boynux-squid_exporter | 1.6-150000.1.9.1 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:grafana | 8.5.13-150100.3.12.1 · SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:grafana | 8.5.13-150200.3.29.5 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:prometheus-blackbox_exporter | 0.19.0-150000.1.14.3 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:spacecmd | 4.3.16-150000.3.89.1 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:spacewalk-client-tools | 4.3.13-150000.3.71.3 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:uyuni-proxy-systemd-services | 4.3.7-150000.1.9.3 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
- Grafana Labs - Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)Intigriti · disclosure only (VDP) · grafana/grafana
- Grafana Labs - Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)Intigriti · disclosure only (VDP)
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-281 · Improper Preservation of PermissionsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-p978-56hq-r492
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0001/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.