Missing authorization in Grafana SSO settings exposes client secrets
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 6 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise 13.2.0 through 13.2.4 are affected when the experimental kubernetesSsoSettingsApi feature toggle is enabled, which is disabled by default. A missing authorization check (CWE-285) lets an authenticated user with low privileges read SSO client secrets and modify instance-wide SSO settings without the required permissions.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
An authenticated user in Grafana can read SSO client secrets and modify instance-wide SSO settings without the required permissions (missing authorization). This affects Grafana OSS and Enterprise 13.2 installations with the experimental kubernetesSsoSettingsApi feature toggle enabled, which is disabled by default.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Grafana OSS. The sources list no fixed version for Grafana Enterprise. Red Hat fixes Red Hat Hardened Images in RHSA-2026:91292 and RHSA-2026:91181. Red Hat lists Multicluster Global Hub as affected with no fix planned, and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 and Red Hat Ceph Storage 7, 8 and 9 as affected with no fix available.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2026:91292 Released 2026-10-27 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
- Red Hat Hardened Images grafana12.4-12.4.13-0.5.hum1@aarch64, grafana12.4-12.4.13-0.5.hum1@src, grafana12.4-12.4.13-0.5.hum1@x86_64
- RHSA-2026:91181 Released 2026-10-27 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
- Red Hat Hardened Images grafana13.1-13.1.8-0.5.hum1@aarch64, grafana13.1-13.1.8-0.5.hum1@s390x, grafana13.1-13.1.8-0.5.hum1@src +1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Multicluster Global Hub | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| 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 Hardened Images | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:91181, RHSA-2026:91292 |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103506
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-qr52-42rj-4mw4
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:91292 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:91181 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Red Hat Hardened Images · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-05 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-05 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-103506 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103506 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qr52-42rj-4mw4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-103506 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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