CVE-2021-39226 on CISA KEV

Grafana is an open source data visualization platform. In affected versions unauthenticated and authenticated users are able to view the snapshot with the lowest database key by accessing the literal paths: /dashboard/snapshot/:key, or /api/snapshots/:key. If the snapshot "p

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

Grafana is an open source data visualization platform. In affected versions unauthenticated and authenticated users are able to view the snapshot with the lowest database key by accessing the literal paths: /dashboard/snapshot/:key, or /api/snapshots/:key. If the snapshot "public_mode" configuration setting is set to true (vs default of false), unauthenticated users are able to delete the…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-69j6-29vr-p3j9
• github.com — https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/2d456a6375855364d098ede379438bf7f06672…
• grafana.com — https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-7-5-11/
• grafana.com — https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-8-1-6/
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/05/4
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0008/
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
grafana	grafana	>= 8.0.0, < 8.1.6, < 7.5.11

06Detection

Open the Sigma generator with a pre-filled prompt for this CVE to draft a starting detection:

Open in Sigma generator →