CVE-2022-35957 | BDVDB-2026-185041 Detail

grafanagrafana

Description#

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Versions prior to 9.1.6 and 8.5.13 are vulnerable to an escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used, allowing an admin to take over the server admin account and gain full control of the grafana instance. All installations should be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround deactivate auth proxy following the instructions at: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12022-09-20Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-01-28Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2022-09-20
Last modified: 2026-01-28

Vendor information

Vendor: grafana
Product: grafana

All grafana vulnerabilities

Score

6.6 Medium

EPSS

1.6%, Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 76.5.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
> 9.0.0, < 9.1.6
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
< 8.5.13
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

6.6 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).