Grafana's default installation of `synthetic-monitoring-agent` exposes sensitive information
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
The Synthetic Monitoring Agent for Grafana's Synthetic Monitoring application provides probe functionality and executes network checks for monitoring remote targets. Users running the Synthetic Monitoring agent prior to version 0.12.0 in their local network are impacted. The authentication token used to communicate with the Synthetic Monitoring API is exposed through a debugging endpoint. This token can be used to retrieve the Synthetic Monitoring checks created by the user and assigned to the agent identified with that token. The Synthetic Monitoring API will reject connections from already-connected agents, so access to the token does not guarantee access to the checks. Version 0.12.0 contains a fix. Users are advised to rotate the agent tokens. After upgrading to version v0.12.0 or later, it's recommended that users of distribution packages review the configuration stored in `/etc/synthetic-monitoring/synthetic-monitoring-agent.conf`, specifically the `API_TOKEN` variable which has been renamed to `SM_AGENT_API_TOKEN`. As a workaround for previous versions, it's recommended that users review the agent settings and set the HTTP listening address in a manner that limits the exposure, for example, localhost or a non-routed network, by using the command line parameter `-listen-address`, e.g. `-listen-address localhost:4050`.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafana | synthetic-monitoring-agent | before 0.12.0 | 0.12.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent/cmd/synthetic-monitoring-agent (Go) | before 0.12.0 | 0.12.0 | Patch available | GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8 |
| — | github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent (Go) | before 0.12.0 | 0.12.0 | Patch available | GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8 |
- synthetic-monitoring-agent VendorGrafana Affected before 0.12.0 Fixed in 0.12.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent/cmd/synthetic-monitoring-agent (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.12.0 Fixed in 0.12.0 Patch available GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8
- github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.12.0 Fixed in 0.12.0 Patch available GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8
Remediation
- Fix · CNA synthetic-monitoring-agent (grafana) Fixed in 0.12.0
- Fix · GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8 github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent/cmd/synthetic-monitoring-agent (Go) Fixed in 0.12.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8 github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent (Go) Fixed in 0.12.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-46156
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8
References
Patch 3
Advisory 4
Sources
- CVE-2022-46156 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-46156 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9j4f-f249-q5w8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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