Open redirect in Grafana
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing, Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-601 and CWE-79.
Summary
An open redirect vulnerability has been identified in Grafana OSS that can be exploited to achieve XSS attacks. The vulnerability was introduced in Grafana v11.5.0. The open redirect can be chained with path traversal vulnerabilities to achieve XSS. Fixed in versions 12.0.2+security-01, 11.6.3+security-01, 11.5.6+security-01, 11.4.6+security-01 and 11.3.8+security-01
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 | Grafana | 12.0.x to before 12.0.2+security-01; 11.6.x to before 11.6.3+security-01; 11.5.x to before 11.5.6+security-01; 11.4.x to before 11.4.6+security-01; 11.3.x to before 11.3.8+security-01 | 12.0.2+security-01, 11.6.3+security-01, 11.5.6+security-01, 11.4.6+security-01, 11.3.8+security-01 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) | before 1.9.2-0.20250521205822-0ba0b99665a9 | 1.9.2-0.20250521205822-0ba0b99665a9 | Patch available | GHSA-vqph-p5vc-g644 |
- Grafana VendorGrafana Affected 12.0.x to before 12.0.2+security-01; 11.6.x to before 11.6.3+security-01; 11.5.x to before 11.5.6+security-01; 11.4.x to before 11.4.6+security-01; 11.3.x to before 11.3.8+security-01 Fixed in 12.0.2+security-01, 11.6.3+security-01, 11.5.6+security-01, 11.4.6+security-01, 11.3.8+security-01 Patch available CNA
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.9.2-0.20250521205822-0ba0b99665a9 Fixed in 1.9.2-0.20250521205822-0ba0b99665a9 Patch available GHSA-vqph-p5vc-g644
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Grafana (Grafana) Fixed in 12.0.2+security-01, 11.6.3+security-01, 11.5.6+security-01, 11.4.6+security-01, 11.3.8+security-01
- Fix · GHSA-vqph-p5vc-g644 github.com/grafana/grafana (Go) Fixed in 1.9.2-0.20250521205822-0ba0b99665a9 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Grafana 11.3.8+security-01, 11.4.6+security-01 and 3 more versions
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-05605 Open redirect in GrafanaPriority MEDIUM 57
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6023
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqph-p5vc-g644
- 2026-10-09 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
- 2026-10-19 EPSS moved to the 99th percentile and above
References
Other 9
- https://grafana.com/blog/2025/07/17/grafana-security-release-medium-and-high-severity-fixes-for-cve-2025-6197-and-cve-2025-6023/
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/0ba0b99665a946cd96676ef85ec8bc83028cb1d7
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/40ed88fe86d347bcde5ddaed6c4a20a95d2f0d55
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/5b00e21638f565eed46acb4d0b7c009968df4c3b
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/b6dd2b70c655c61b111b328f1a7dcca6b3954936
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/e0ba4b480954f8a33aa2cff3229f6bcc05777bd9
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana
- https://grafana.com/blog/2025/07/17/grafana-security-release-medium-and-high-severity-fixes-for-cve-2025-6197-and-cve-2025-6023
- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2025-6023
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-2025-6023 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6023 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vqph-p5vc-g644 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-6023 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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