Grafana world readable configuration files

published 2020-04-29 6 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also BIT-grafana-2020-12459 , EUVD-2022-4464 , GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22 , GO-2024-2519

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

In certain Red Hat packages for Grafana 6.x through 6.3.6, the configuration files /etc/grafana/grafana.ini and /etc/grafana/ldap.toml (which contain a secret_key and a bind_password) are world readable.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 distros 2 links 2

go github.com/grafana/grafana 7.2.1
bitnami grafana 6.3.7

red hat almalinux

grafana RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-loki RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-mssql RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-mysql RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-graphite RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-influxdb RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-opentsdb RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-postgres RHEL 8 6.7.4-3.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4682 RHSA-2020:2362

grafana AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-loki AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-mssql AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-mysql AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-graphite AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-influxdb AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-opentsdb AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8
grafana-postgres AlmaLinux 8 6.7.4-3.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:4682

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-12459 updated 2026-06-26 cvss 6.2

grafana: information disclosure through world-readable grafana configuration files

Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 grafana
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Manually change the files permission to remove readable bits for others: # chmod 640 /etc/grafana/grafana.ini /etc/grafana/ldap.toml”
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/grafana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-grafana
affected: workaround, no fix available “Manually change the files permission to remove readable bits for others: # chmod 640 /etc/grafana/grafana.ini /etc/grafana/ldap.toml”
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 servicemesh-grafana 6.2.2-36.el8, servicemesh-grafana-prometheus 6.2.2-36.el8
fixed: vendor fix “Manually change the files permission to remove readable bits for others: # chmod 640 /etc/grafana/grafana.ini /etc/grafana/ldap.toml” RHSA-2020:2362
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) grafana 6.7.4-3.el8, grafana-loki 6.7.4-3.el8, grafana-mssql 6.7.4-3.el8, grafana-mysql 6.7.4-3.el8, grafana-graphite 6.7.4-3.el8, grafana-influxdb 6.7.4-3.el8, +7 more
fixed: vendor fix “Manually change the files permission to remove readable bits for others: # chmod 640 /etc/grafana/grafana.ini /etc/grafana/ldap.toml” RHSA-2020:4682
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 kiali v1.0.11.redhat1-1.el7, jaeger v1.13.1.redhat7-1.el7
fixed: vendor fix “Manually change the files permission to remove readable bits for others: # chmod 640 /etc/grafana/grafana.ini /etc/grafana/ldap.toml” RHSA-2020:2362
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 grafana, grafana-container Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 rhceph/rhceph-4-dashboard-rhel8 Red Hat Storage 3 grafana
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
GitHub	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
go	github.com/grafana/grafana	>=6.0.0-beta1, <7.2.1 all versions	7.2.1
bitnami	grafana	>=6.0.0, <6.3.7	6.3.7

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

src.fedoraproject.org /rpms/grafana/c/fab93d67363eb0a9678d9faf160cc88237f26277
web, patch, third-party-advisory, advisory
github.com /grafana/grafana/commit/102448040d5132460e3b0013e03ebedec0677e00
web, patch
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CTQCKJZZYXMCSHJFZZ3YXEO5NUBANGZS/
vendor-advisory, web
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WEBCIEVSYIDDCA7FTRS2IFUOYLIQU34A/
vendor-advisory, web
github.com /grafana/grafana/issues/8283
web, vendor-advisory, advisory, report
access.redhat.com /security/cve/CVE-2020-12459
web, third-party-advisory, advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1829724
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory, advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20200518-0004/
third-party-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12459
advisory, web
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1827765
web
github.com /grafana/grafana
package
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CTQCKJZZYXMCSHJFZZ3YXEO5NUBANGZS
web
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WEBCIEVSYIDDCA7FTRS2IFUOYLIQU34A
web
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20200518-0004
web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary