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high 7.5

CVE-2021-43798 kev in the critical feed json

Grafana path traversal

published 2021-12-07 4 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-grafana-2021-43798 , EUVD-2024-0581 , GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2025-10-09
epss
88.5%
EPSS 88.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Grafana versions 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.3.0 (except for patched versions) iss vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to local files. The vulnerable URL path is: `<grafana_host_url>/public/plugins//`, where is the plugin ID for any installed plugin. At no time has Grafana Cloud been vulnerable. Users are advised to upgrade to patched versions 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7, or 8.3.1. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about vulnerable URL paths, mitigation, and the disclosure timeline.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  • go github.com/grafana/grafana 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7, 8.3.1
  • bitnami grafana 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7, 8.3.1
  • grafana grafana 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7
  • grafana Manager Client Tools 15 9.5.8-150000.1.60.2
  • spacecmd openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.26-150000.3.113.1
  • mgr-daemon Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.8-150000.1.44.1
  • spacewalk-client-tools Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.18-150000.3.86.2
  • prometheus-postgres_exporter openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.10.1-150000.1.17.1
  • uyuni-proxy-systemd-services Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5, Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.10-150000.1.15.1
  • golang-github-prometheus-prometheus Manager Client Tools 15 2.45.0-150000.3.53.1
  • golang-github-lusitaniae-apache_exporter openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Server Module 4.3, Manager Proxy Module 4.3 +1 more 1.0.0-150000.1.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0487-1SUSE-SU-2024:0486-1SUSE-SU-2024:0196-1SUSE-SU-2024:0191-1SUSE-SU-2022:4439-1SUSE-SU-2022:4437-1

  • grafana openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.3.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11816-1

  • grafana Alpine 3.15 8.2.7-r0
  • grafana Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 8.3.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-43798

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • grafana Arch Linux 8.3.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2609

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-2021-43798 updated cvss 7.5

grafana: path traversal vulnerability

  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 servicemesh-grafana, servicemesh-grafana-prometheus Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 grafana Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 grafana Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 grafana, grafana-container Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 rhceph/rhceph-4-dashboard-rhel8 Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 rhceph/rhceph-5-dashboard-rhel8
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 grafana, grafana-loki, grafana-mssql, grafana-mysql, grafana-selinux, grafana-graphite, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 grafana, grafana-selinux Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/grafana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-grafana 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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/grafana_plugin_traversal)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  5. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
13 mo ago
Patch by
2025-10-30 (12 mo ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor, product
Grafana Labs, Grafana
CISA name
Grafana Path Traversal Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
13 mo ago

Exploit prediction

88.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/grafana/grafana
>=8.3.0, <8.3.1
>=8.2.0, <8.2.7
>=8.1.0, <8.1.8
>=8.0.0-beta1, <8.0.7
8.3.1
8.2.7
8.1.8
8.0.7
bitnami grafana
>=8.0.1, <8.0.7
>=8.1.0, <8.1.8
>=8.2.0, <8.2.7
>=8.3.0, <8.3.1
8.0.7
8.1.8
8.2.7
8.3.1

Affected products

  • grafana grafana

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

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.