CVE-2021-43798Grafana path traversal
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Oct 9, 2025; federal agencies had to remediate by Oct 30, 2025. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Oct 9, 2025; federal remediation due Oct 30, 2025Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 88.50% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
grafana grafana grafana:grafana (from the name) | from 8.0.0, < 8.0.7; from 8.1.0, < 8.1.8; from 8.2.0, < 8.2.7; = 8.3.0 | CNA record |
grafana grafana grafana:grafana | from 8.0.1 before 8.0.7; from 8.1.0 before 8.1.8; from 8.2.0 before 8.2.7; 8.0.0; 8.0.0; 8.0.0; 8.3.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47px-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e958d15d9cc7f27c72113d572fa58545cex-refsource-misc, patch, third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafana-Arbitrary-File-Reading.htmlx-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/08/an-update-on-0day-cve-2021-43798-grafana-directory-traversal/x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165221/Grafana-8.3.0-Directory-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Read.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/09/2mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, patch, third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0004/x-refsource-confirm, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-43798us-government-resource
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