CVE-2022-31176 — Grafana Image Renderer is a Grafana backend plugin that handles rendering of pan

Grafana Image Renderer is a Grafana backend plugin that handles rendering of panels & dashboards to PNGs using a headless browser (Chromium/Chrome). An internal security review identified an unauthorized file disclosure vulnerability. It is possible for a malicious user to re

01What is this vulnerability?

Grafana Image Renderer is a Grafana backend plugin that handles rendering of panels & dashboards to PNGs using a headless browser (Chromium/Chrome). An internal security review identified an unauthorized file disclosure vulnerability. It is possible for a malicious user to retrieve unauthorized files under some network conditions or via a fake datasource (if user has admin permissions in…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
grafana	grafana	image-renderer — < 3.6.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-23T17:32:35.024Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/security/advisories/GHSA-2cfh-…
• github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/pull/364
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0004/