Grafana: Authenticated information disclosure vulnerability
A vulnerability in Grafana allows a remote, authenticated attacker to bypass security measures and perform unauthorized information disclosure.
Triage facts
Revision 1- Applicability
- Grafana
- Evidence
- Unknown
- Severity
- Medium
- Action
- Elevated
- Sources
- 1 public source
- Freshness
- Revision 1Oct 29, 12:13 UTC
- Source quality
- A1Likely
An unpatched vulnerability in Grafana has been identified that allows a remote, authenticated attacker to bypass existing security controls and access sensitive information. No specific CVE identifier is currently associated with this vulnerability. Users are advised to monitor official channels for patch availability.
Impact
Successful exploitation allows for unauthorized information disclosure by an attacker who has already obtained authenticated access to the target instance.
Recommendation
- Monitor the official Grafana security advisory page for the release of a security update.
- Audit existing user permissions and access logs to ensure authenticated users are operating within the scope of their assigned privileges.
- Implement the principle of least privilege for all Grafana service accounts and user roles.
Immediate actions
Inventory all internet-facing Grafana instances and prepare for emergency patching.
Threat Hunt
Monitor web server access logs for anomalous volume of API requests from authenticated user sessions targeting sensitive endpoints.
Data: Web server access logs (cs-uri-stem, cs-username, sc-status)
Mitigations
Restrict network access to Grafana instances to trusted management subnets until a patch is applied.
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