CVE-2026-17033 CVE Record
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
An authenticated attacker with Editor access or alert.instances.external:write can submit an external Alertmanager alert containing a controlled generatorURL. The attacker is authorized to create the alert, but not to execute script in another user's Grafana session. Grafana renders alert.generatorURL directly as the Alert Details See source LinkButton href without URL-scheme sanitization or a safe-protocol allowlist. The click interceptor's :// heuristic can be bypassed by placing :// inside a JavaScript comment. When a user with read access clicks See source, the browser executes attacker-controlled JavaScript in the Grafana origin with the clicking user's permissions.
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
Remediation
Red Hat 3 advisories
- 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
- 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
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Multicluster Global Hub | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:63164, RHSA-2026:63165, RHSA-2026:65157 |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17033
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7vc5-9278-236p
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:65157 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:63165 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:63164 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat Hardened Images · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
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- TI-2023-02931 Authentication bypass by spoofing in Grafana CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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- TI-2025-03662 Open redirect in Grafana CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-17033 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-17033 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7vc5-9278-236p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-17033 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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