PHP file inclusion in Grafana - CVE-2024-9264
Published: October 18, 2024 / Updated: October 15, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98806
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9264
CWE-ID: CWE-98
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling data passed to "duckdb". A remote user with VIEWER permissions include and execute arbitrary PHP on the system with privileges of the web server.
Note, the duckdb binary must be present in Grafana’s $PATH for this attack to function. By default, this binary is not installed in Grafana distributions.
Affected software
Grafana
How to mitigate CVE-2024-9264
Install updates from vendor's website.
Grafana - addressed in versions 11.0.5+security-01, 11.0.6+security-01, 11.1.6+security-01, 11.1.7+security-01, 11.2.1+security-01, 11.2.2+security-01
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #13121 - Grafana SQL Expressions DuckDB Command Injection (October 15, 2026)
- Exploit #11807 - CVE-2024-9264 (August 1, 2025)
- Exploit #10643 - CVE-2024-9264 (October 22, 2024)
- Exploit #10642 - CVE-2024-9264-RCE-Exploit (October 22, 2024)
- Exploit #10638 - File-Read-CVE-2024-9264 (October 22, 2024)
- Exploit #10636 - CVE-2024-9264 (October 22, 2024)