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TI-2021-19604 Aliases CVE-2021-43798GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p

Grafana path traversal

Priority CRITICAL 90Exploited in the wildCWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2025-10-09CISA due date 2025-10-30
EPSS 0.88503 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed grafana (grafana): 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): 8.3.1, 8.2.7, 8.1.8 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Grafanagrafana8.0.0 to before 8.0.7; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.8; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.7; = 8.3.08.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7Patch availableCNA
—github.com/grafana/grafana (Go)8.3.0 to before 8.3.18.3.1Patch availableGHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
—github.com/grafana/grafana (Go)8.2.0 to before 8.2.78.2.7Patch availableGHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
—github.com/grafana/grafana (Go)8.1.0 to before 8.1.88.1.8Patch availableGHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
—github.com/grafana/grafana (Go)8.0.0-beta1 to before 8.0.78.0.7Patch availableGHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
  • grafana VendorGrafana Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.0.7; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.8; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.7; = 8.3.0 Fixed in 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected 8.3.0 to before 8.3.1 Fixed in 8.3.1 Patch available GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
  • github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected 8.2.0 to before 8.2.7 Fixed in 8.2.7 Patch available GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
  • github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected 8.1.0 to before 8.1.8 Fixed in 8.1.8 Patch available GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
  • github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0-beta1 to before 8.0.7 Fixed in 8.0.7 Patch available GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.1 to before 8.0.7; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.8; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.7VulnerableGrafana
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.0 beta1VulnerableGrafana
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.0 beta2VulnerableGrafana
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.0 beta3VulnerableGrafana
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3.0VulnerableGrafana
  • cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.1 to before 8.0.7; 8.1.0 to before 8.1.8; 8.2.0 to before 8.2.7 Vulnerable ·Grafana
  • cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·Grafana
  • cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 beta2 Vulnerable ·Grafana
  • cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 beta3 Vulnerable ·Grafana
  • cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3.0 Vulnerable ·Grafana

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA grafana (grafana) Fixed in 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7
  • Fix · GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 8.3.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 8.2.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 8.1.8 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 8.0.7 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 11 products
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat Storage 3

Timeline

  1. 2025-10-09 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43798
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p

References

Exploit 1

Patch 4

Advisory 4

Other 4

  • TI-2021-16611 Snapshot authentication bypass in grafana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-08600 Grafana SQL Expressions allow for remote code execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2023-02931 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Grafana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-10491 The avatar feature in Grafana 3.0.1 through 7.0.1 has an SSRF Incorrect Access Control… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2025-03662 Open redirect in Grafana CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2022-13141 Stored XSS in Grafana's Unified Alerting CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
See all 103 →

Sources

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