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CVE-2021-43798

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH

7.5

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score26.5000%

EPSS Percentile95.70th

PublishedDec 7, 2021

Last ModifiedOct 24, 2025

Vulnerability Description

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Grafana versions 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.3.0 (except for patched versions) iss vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to local files. The vulnerable URL path is: `<grafana_host_url>/public/plugins//`, where is the plugin ID for any installed plugin. At no time has Grafana Cloud been vulnerable. Users are advised to upgrade to patched versions 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7, or 8.3.1. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about vulnerable URL paths, mitigation, and the disclosure timeline.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Grafana

Grafana

>= 8.0.1 and < 8.0.7

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Grafana

Grafana

>= 8.1.0 and < 8.1.8

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Grafana

Grafana

>= 8.2.0 and < 8.2.7

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Grafana

Grafana

= 8.0.0

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Grafana

Grafana

= 8.0.0

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Grafana

Grafana

= 8.0.0

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Grafana

Grafana

= 8.3.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafana-Arbitrary-File-Reading.html

🔗 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165221/Grafana-8.3.0-Directory-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Read.html

🔗 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/09/2

🔗 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4

🔗 https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e958d15d9cc7f27c72113d572fa58545ce

🔗 https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p

🔗 https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/08/an-update-on-0day-cve-2021-43798-grafana-directory-traversal/

🔗 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0004/

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