Grafana server crash via recursive server-side math expression
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise releases from 7.4.0 through 11.6.16, 12.0.0 through 12.2.10, 12.3.0 through 12.3.11, 12.4.0 through 12.4.13, 13.0.0 through 13.0.11, 13.1.0 through 13.1.8 and 13.2.0 through 13.2.4 are affected. Uncontrolled recursion (CWE-674) in the server-side math expression parser lets a user crash the server. A user with the Viewer role can crash the server by submitting a crafted expression, and a user with permission to provision alert rules can make the outage persist across restarts.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
A user with the Viewer role in Grafana can crash the server by submitting a crafted server-side math expression (uncontrolled recursion). A user with permission to provision alert rules can make the outage persist across restarts.
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 OSS | 7.4.0 – 11.6.16; 12.0.0 – 12.2.10; 12.3.0 – 12.3.11; 12.4.0 – 12.4.13; 13.0.0 – 13.0.11; 13.1.0 – 13.1.8; 13.2.0 – 13.2.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Grafana | Grafana Enterprise | 7.4.0 – 11.6.16; 12.0.0 – 12.2.10; 12.3.0 – 12.3.11; 12.4.0 – 12.4.13; 13.0.0 – 13.0.11; 13.1.0 – 13.1.8; 13.2.0 – 13.2.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Grafana OSS VendorGrafana Affected 7.4.0 – 11.6.16; 12.0.0 – 12.2.10; 12.3.0 – 12.3.11; 12.4.0 – 12.4.13; 13.0.0 – 13.0.11; 13.1.0 – 13.1.8; 13.2.0 – 13.2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Grafana Enterprise VendorGrafana Affected 7.4.0 – 11.6.16; 12.0.0 – 12.2.10; 12.3.0 – 12.3.11; 12.4.0 – 12.4.13; 13.0.0 – 13.0.11; 13.1.0 – 13.1.8; 13.2.0 – 13.2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Grafana OSS. The sources list no fixed version for Grafana Enterprise. Red Hat rates the issue Moderate and lists no available fix plan for Multicluster Global Hub, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and 10, and other affected Red Hat products.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
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 8 | 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 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-88858
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-8c7v-vg28-7vr8
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-31 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-88858 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-88858 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8c7v-vg28-7vr8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-88858 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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