CVE-2021-43813

MEDIUM

Grafana <8.3.2, <7.5.12 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Grafana prior to versions 8.3.2 and 7.5.12 contains a directory traversal vulnerability for fully lowercase or fully uppercase .md files. The vulnerability is limited in scope, and only allows access to files with the extension .md to authenticated users only. Grafana Cloud instances have not been affected by the vulnerability. Users should upgrade to patched versions 8.3.2 or 7.5.12. For users who cannot upgrade, running a reverse proxy in front of Grafana that normalizes the PATH of the request will mitigate the vulnerability. The proxy will have to also be able to handle url encoded paths. Alternatively, for fully lowercase or fully uppercase .md files, users can block /api/plugins/.*/markdown/.* without losing any functionality beyond inlined plugin help text.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-c3q8-26ph-9g2q
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-7-5-12/
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-8-3-2/
Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220107-0006/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.5799
EPSS Percentile 99.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
grafana/grafana 5.0.0 - 7.5.12
Published Dec 10, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026