Pre-authentication denial of service via the OAuth login route
Priority LOW 39CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly call Grafana's OAuth login route with unique values, causing unbounded memory growth that can eventually exhaust memory and crash the Grafana instance (denial of service).
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00397 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix
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 | Grafana OSS | 11.6.0 – 11.6.14; 12.2.0 – 12.2.8; 12.3.0 – 12.3.6; 12.4.0 – 12.4.3; 13.0.0 – 13.0.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Grafana OSS VendorGrafana Affected 11.6.0 – 11.6.14; 12.2.0 – 12.2.8; 12.3.0 – 12.3.6; 12.4.0 – 12.4.3; 13.0.0 – 13.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 11.6.0 to before 11.6.15; 12.2.0 to before 12.2.9; 12.3.0 to before 12.3.7; 12.4.0 to before 12.4.4; 13.0.0 to before 13.0.2 | Vulnerable | Grafana |
- cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 11.6.0 to before 11.6.15; 12.2.0 to before 12.2.9; 12.3.0 to before 12.3.7; 12.4.0 to before 12.4.4; 13.0.0 to before 13.0.2 Vulnerable ·Grafana
Remediation
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2026:90811 Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Moderategrafana security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) grafana-10.2.6-23.el9_8.4, grafana-selinux-10.2.6-23.el9_8.4
- RHSA-2026:67517 Released 2026-09-15 · Red Hat rating Importantgrafana security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) grafana-10.2.6-26.el10_0, grafana-selinux-10.2.6-26.el10_0
- RHSA-2026:65157 Released 2026-09-08 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images grafana12.4-12.4.10-0.1.hum1@aarch64, grafana12.4-12.4.10-0.1.hum1@src, grafana12.4-12.4.10-0.1.hum1@x86_64
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:63165 Released 2026-09-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images grafana13.1-13.1.3-0.5.hum1@aarch64, grafana13.1-13.1.3-0.5.hum1@src, grafana13.1-13.1.3-0.5.hum1@x86_64
- RHSA-2026:63164 Released 2026-09-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images grafana13.2-13.2.1-0.1.hum1@aarch64, grafana13.2-13.2.1-0.1.hum1@src, grafana13.2-13.2.1-0.1.hum1@x86_64
- RHSA-2026:54178 Released 2026-08-12 · Red Hat rating Moderategrafana security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) grafana-10.2.6-28.el10_2.4, grafana-selinux-10.2.6-28.el10_2.4
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:54178 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:90811 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:67517 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:63164, RHSA-2026:63165, RHSA-2026:65157 |
Not affected: 8 products
- Multicluster Global Hub
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 5
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 6
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 7
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8609
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7jj-549c-j492
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:90811 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · Red Hat
References
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-2026-8609 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8609 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7jj-549c-j492 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-8609 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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