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TI-2020-09961 Aliases CVE-2020-12459GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22

In certain Red Hat packages for Grafana 6.x through 6.3.6, the configuration files…

Priority LOW 25CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

In certain Red Hat packages for Grafana 6.x through 6.3.6, the configuration files /etc/grafana/grafana.ini and /etc/grafana/ldap.toml (which contain a secret_key and a bind_password) are world readable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0032 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): 7.2.1Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/grafana/grafana (Go)6.0.0-beta1 to before 7.2.17.2.1Patch availableGHSA-m25m-5778-fm22
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0-beta1 to before 7.2.1 Fixed in 7.2.1 Patch available GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0 – 6.3.6VulnerableGrafana
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*31VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*32VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 – 6.3.6 Vulnerable ·Grafana
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 31 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22 github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 7.2.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:4682 Released 2020-11-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    grafana security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) grafana-6.7.4-3.el8, grafana-azure-monitor-6.7.4-3.el8, grafana-cloudwatch-6.7.4-3.el8 +10
  • RHSA-2020:2362 Released 2020-06-02 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh security update
    • OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 servicemesh-grafana-6.2.2-36.el8, servicemesh-grafana-prometheus-6.2.2-36.el8
    • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 jaeger-v1.13.1.redhat7-1.el7, kiali-v1.0.11.redhat1-1.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0Fixed RHSA-2020:2362
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:4682
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0Fixed RHSA-2020:2362
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4
  • Red Hat Storage 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12459
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22

References

Patch 1

Advisory 7

Other 6

Sources

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