Improper access control in Grafana - CVE-2024-8118

 

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

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