Medium severity · published Dec 10, 2021
CVE-2021-43815
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability
4.3
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Grafana prior to versions 8.3.2 and 7.5.12 has a directory traversal for arbitrary .csv files. It only affects instances that have the developer testing tool called TestData DB data source enabled and configured. The vulnerability is limited in scope, and only allows access to files with the extension .csv to authenticated users only. Grafana Cloud instances have not been affected by the vulnerability. Versions 8.3.2 and 7.5.12 contain a patch for this issue. There is a workaround available for users who cannot upgrade. Running a reverse proxy in front of Grafana that normalizes the PATH of the request will mitigate the vulnerability. The proxy will have to also be able to handle url encoded paths.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Grafana · Grafana
before 7.5.12; 8.0.0 before 8.3.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43815
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43815
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4
Patch
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/d6ec6f8ad28f0212e584406730f939105ff6c6d3
Patch
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/fd48aee61e4328aae8d5303a9efd045fa0ca308d
Release Notes
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v8.3.2
Patch
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-7533-c8qv-jm9m
Patch
https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/10/grafana-8.3.2-and-7.5.12-released-with-moderate-severity-security-fix/
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