SB2019092013 - Information disclosure in Grafana

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Unprotected storage of credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15635)

CWE-ID: CWE-256 - Unprotected Storage of Credentials

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in encrypt-datasource-passwords data migration command that failed to encrypt user credentials for various data sources. A local user can view migration settings and reveal database credentials.

Note, this vulnerability can be exploited via Grafana web UI by pressing the "Save and test" button within a data source's settings menu.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167244
• https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/18014
• https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/17948