Improper access control in Grafana - CVE-2024-8118
Published: October 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99259
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8118
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Grafana Labs
Affected software:
Grafana
Grafana
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to wrong permission is applied to the alert rule write API endpoint. A remote user with permission to write external alert instances can also write alert rules.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-8118
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8118/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j8x-8x9q-3m4r
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/93946
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v11.1.8
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v11.0.7
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v10.4.11