Medium severity · published Sep 20, 2022
CVE-2022-35957
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability
6.6
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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/
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Grafana · Grafana
before 8.5.13; 9.0.0 before 9.0.9; 9.1.0 before 9.1.6 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35957
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35957
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9q
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYU5C2RITLHVZSTCWNGQWA6KSPYNXM2H/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0001/
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