UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43798

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43798

    Published: 7 Dec 2021Last Modified: 8 Jan 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-43798

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-43798, https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p, https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e958d15d9cc7f27c72113d572fa58545ce, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafana-Arbitrary-File-Reading.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43798, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: grafana

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.6.0+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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