Grafana plugin signature bypass vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 8 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-347.
Summary
Grafana is an open source observability and data visualization platform. Versions prior to 9.1.8 and 8.5.14 are vulnerable to a bypass in the plugin signature verification. An attacker can convince a server admin to download and successfully run a malicious plugin even though unsigned plugins are not allowed. Versions 9.1.8 and 8.5.14 contain a patch for this issue. As a workaround, do not install plugins downloaded from untrusted sources.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafana | grafana | before 8.5.14; 9.0.0 to before 9.1.8 | 8.5.14, 9.1.8 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) | 9.0.0 to before 9.1.8 | 9.1.8 | Patch available | GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8 |
| — | github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) | 7.0.0 to before 8.5.14 | 8.5.14 | Patch available | GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8 |
- grafana VendorGrafana Affected before 8.5.14; 9.0.0 to before 9.1.8 Fixed in 8.5.14, 9.1.8 Patch available CNA
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.1.8 Fixed in 9.1.8 Patch available GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 8.5.14 Fixed in 8.5.14 Patch available GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8
Remediation
- Fix · CNA grafana (grafana) Fixed in 8.5.14, 9.1.8
- Fix · GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8 github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 9.1.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8 github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 8.5.14 Advisory →
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2023:6420 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderategrafana security and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) grafana-9.2.10-7.el9_3
- RHSA-2023:3642 Released 2023-06-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Container security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools rhceph/keepalived-rhel9, rhceph/rhceph-6-dashboard-rhel9, rhceph/rhceph-6-rhel9 +3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools | Fixed | RHSA-2023:3642 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:6420 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools
- Red Hat build of Quarkus
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31123
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8
References
Advisory 3
More Grafana vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-16611 Snapshot authentication bypass in grafana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19604 Grafana path traversal KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2022-31123 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-31123 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-31123 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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