Medium severity · published Apr 29, 2020
CVE-2020-12458
An information-disclosure flaw was found in Grafana through 6.7.3
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An information-disclosure flaw was found in Grafana through 6.7.3. The database directory /var/lib/grafana and database file /var/lib/grafana/grafana.db are world readable. This can result in exposure of sensitive information (e.g., cleartext or encrypted datasource passwords).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Grafana · Grafana
through 6.7.3 · source: NVD
CS
Ceph Storage · Redhat
3.0; 4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31; 32 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12458
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12458
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12458
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1827765
Exploit
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8283
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CTQCKJZZYXMCSHJFZZ3YXEO5NUBANGZS/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WEBCIEVSYIDDCA7FTRS2IFUOYLIQU34A/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0001/
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