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Full vulnerability report · 2021
CVE-2021-43798High confidence

Grafana Path Traversal Vulnerability

Grafana Labs · Grafana

Official source article: GitHub GHSA-8PJX-JJ86-J47P ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.

7.5HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Patch now

CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2025-10-30 as the remediation due date.

Patch available
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityHighOperational priority:Critical, raised one band.upgradedsince 9 Oct 2025

Evidence used

  • CISA confirms exploitation in the wild.
  • A structured source references public exploit or proof-of-concept material.
  • The selected CVSS metric records a network-reachable, unauthenticated path with no user interaction.
  • EPSS is 88.50% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict the affected network interface to trusted sources where business-safe.
  • Increase monitoring for the attack path and post-exploitation behaviour described in the report.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Grafana Labs Grafana and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 3 daysRemediation target: Within 90 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

Distribution package intelligence

Release-specific package status

Alpine findings are scoped to the named distribution, release and source package. An absent finding does not mean a package is unaffected.

3 package states
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Distribution releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Alpine v3.23v3.23 · communitygrafanaVendor fix publishedAlpine records a security fix at this version. An absent entry does not mean the package is unaffected.8.3.1-r0Alpine Security Database ↗Source updated 11 Sep 2026
Alpine v3.22v3.22 · communitygrafanaVendor fix publishedAlpine records a security fix at this version. An absent entry does not mean the package is unaffected.8.3.1-r0Alpine Security Database ↗Source updated 11 Sep 2026
Alpine v3.21v3.21 · communitygrafanaVendor fix publishedAlpine records a security fix at this version. An absent entry does not mean the package is unaffected.8.3.1-r0Alpine Security Database ↗Source updated 19 Aug 2026
Open-source package ranges4 source-attributed ranges

These OSV and GitHub advisory ranges apply only to the named package and ecosystem. A listed fixed version is not a universal product patch or proof that an update is installed.

Ecosystem and packageAffected rangeFirst fixed versionEvidence
gogithub.com/grafana/grafana>= 8.3.0, < 8.3.18.3.1GitHub advisory ↗upstream repository advisory · 22 Oct 2025
gogithub.com/grafana/grafana>= 8.2.0, < 8.2.78.2.7GitHub advisory ↗upstream repository advisory · 22 Oct 2025
gogithub.com/grafana/grafana>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.88.1.8GitHub advisory ↗upstream repository advisory · 22 Oct 2025
gogithub.com/grafana/grafana>= 8.0.0-beta1, < 8.0.78.0.7GitHub advisory ↗upstream repository advisory · 22 Oct 2025
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2024-0581

CISA KEV mirrored by ENISA

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.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Recorded by ENISA since 9 Oct 2025. Evidence sources: cisa_kev.
ENISA score
7.5 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
13 linked advisory records
Explicit mitigation evidence

Only statements that explicitly mention a fix, patch, update, workaround or mitigation are shown here.

  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2022:1396-1Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2024:0487-1Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2022:4437-1Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2024:0196-1Security Beta update for SUSE Manager Client Tools and Salt
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2022:4428-1Security update for grafana
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2024:0486-1Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2022:2134-1Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2022:4439-1Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-FU-2022:1419-1Feature update for grafana
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2024:0191-1Security Beta update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
  • csaf_suse · SUSE-SU-2022:3676-1Security update for grafana
Recommended actionPatch now

CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2025-10-30 as the remediation due date.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

Grafana contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow access to local files.

What

Grafana contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow access to local files.

Why

Attacker-controlled path data is not constrained to the intended directory before the application accesses a file.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

Grafana contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow access to local files.

Why

Attacker-controlled path data is not constrained to the intended directory before the application accesses a file.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Confirmed in the wild

CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2025-10-09.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Reference recorded

A structured CVE source labels at least one public reference as exploit material. BlackTree has not independently validated that it is safe, reliable or weaponised.

Likely attack path
a network path → Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-22 ↗

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'). The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.ANoneAvailability impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
NetworkUnauthenticatedCWE-22CISA KEVPublic exploit reference
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Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-0581Known-exploited evidence recorded

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.

Official EUVD record ↗
BSI · German · WID-SEC-2022-0404Grafana: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Grafana ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

Official advisory ↗
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20211208Security Bulletin 08 Dec 2021

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 08 Dec 2021, published on 8 December 2021. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2021-016161Grafana におけるパストラバーサルの脆弱性

Grafana には、パストラバーサルの脆弱性が存在します。

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6600美 CISA 발표 주요 Exploit 정보공유(Update. 2025-10-09)

Grafana contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow access to local files.

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-5873최근 해킹 공격에 활용되는 취약점 보안 업데이트 권고

약점(CVE-2020-9496)[4] ㅇ Apache OFBiz에서 발생하는 역직렬화 취약점(CVE-2021-26295)[5] ㅇ Apache Struts에서 발생하는 원격코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2020-17530)[6] ㅇ Apache Struts에서 사용자 입력값 검증 미흡으로 발생하는 원격 코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2021-31805)[7] ㅇ Apache Tomcat이 AJP request 메시지를 처리할 때, 메시지에 대한 처리가 미흡하여 발생하는 원격코드실행 취약점(CVE-2020-1938)[8] ㅇ Apache Log4j에서 발생하는 원격코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2021-44228)[9] ㅇ Atlassian Confluence Server 및 Data Center에서 OGNL 인젝션으로 인해 발생하는 원격코드실행 취약점(CVE-2021-26084)[10] ㅇ BIG-IP에서 iControl REST 인증 미흡으로 인해 발생하는 불충분한 인가 취약점(CVE-2022-1388)[11] ㅇ BIG-IP, BIG-IQ의 iControl REST 인터페이스에서 발생하는 원격 코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2021-22986)[12] ㅇ Grafana 소프트웨어에서 경로탐색(Directory Traversal)으로 인해 발생하는 정보노출 취약점(CVE-2021-43798)[13] ㅇ Inspur ClusterEngine V4.0에서 발생하는 원격 코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2020-21224)[14] ㅇ Oracle WebLogic Server에서 발생하는 원격 코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2021-2109)[15] ㅇ SMBv3 프로토콜이 조작된 패킷을 처리할 때 버퍼오버플로우로 인해 발생하는 원격코드실행 취약점(CVE-2020-0796)[16] ㅇ Spring Cloud Gateway에서 발생하는 원격코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2022-22947)[17] ㅇ Spring Core에서 발생하는 원격코드실행 취약점(CVE-2022-22965)[18] ㅇ Spring Cloud Function에서 발생하는 원격코드실행 취약점(CVE-2022-22963)[18] ㅇ VMware vCenter Server 원격 코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2021-21972)[19] ㅇ VMware vCenter Server 에서 발생하는 파일 업로드 취약점(CVE-2021-22005)[20] ㅇ VMware Workspace ONE Access와 Identity Manager에서 발생하는 원격 코드 실행 취약점(CVE-2022-22954)[21] ㅇ WebLogic Server에서 안전하지 않은 역직렬화로 인해 발생하는 인증 우회 및 원격코

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-5465Grafana 제품 보안 업데이트 권고

Grafana 소프트웨어에서 경로탐색(Directory Traversal)으로 인해 발생하는 정보노출 취약점(CVE-2021-43798) [1]

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
Grafana: = 8.3.0, 8.1.0, < 8.1.8, 8.2.0, < 8.2.7, 8.0.0, < 8.0.7
Fixed
An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 7 Dec 2021 · Last source change 21 Oct 2025, 23:25 UTC · CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-0581
Product sourceCISA KEV
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD enriched

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.7; >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.8; >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7; = 8.3.0 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    After
    grafana: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.7, >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.8, >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7, = 8.3.0 · Fixed: An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Added to CISA KEV
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-0581↗CISA KEV record↗CVE authority or vendor reference · GitHub GHSA-8PJX-JJ86-J47P↗Patch or update reference↗Vendor advisory↗Patch or update reference↗Public exploit reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2021-43798 · cve.blacktree.nl