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CVE-2022-21703: Cross Site Request Forgery in Grafana

First published: Fri Feb 04 2022(Updated: )

A Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was found in Grafana. This flaw allows anonymous attackers to elevate their privileges by mounting cross-origin attacks against authenticated high-privilege Grafana users (for example, editors or admins). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability for privilege escalation by tricking an authenticated user into inviting the attacker as a new user with high privileges.

Credit: security-advisories@github.com security-advisories@github.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/grafana<0:7.5.15-3.el8
0:7.5.15-3.el8
redhat/grafana<0:7.5.15-3.el9
0:7.5.15-3.el9
Grafana Grafana>=3.0.1<7.5.15
Grafana Grafana>=8.0.0<8.3.5
Grafana Grafana=3.0.0-beta1
Grafana Grafana=3.0.0-beta2
Grafana Grafana=3.0.0-beta3
Grafana Grafana=3.0.0-beta4
Grafana Grafana=3.0.0-beta5
Grafana Grafana=3.0.0-beta6
Grafana Grafana=3.0.0-beta7
Netapp E-series Performance Analyzer<3.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=34
Fedoraproject Fedora=35
Fedoraproject Fedora=36
redhat/grafana<7.5.15
7.5.15
redhat/grafana<8.3.5
8.3.5
go/github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web>=8.0.0<8.3.5
8.3.5
go/github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web>=3.0-beta1<7.5.15
7.5.15

Remedy

Please refer to the Grafana upstream advisory for possible workarounds for this issue.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2022-21703?

    CVE-2022-21703 is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability found in Grafana, an open-source platform for monitoring and observability.

  • How does CVE-2022-21703 affect Grafana?

    CVE-2022-21703 allows attackers to elevate their privileges by mounting cross-origin attacks against authenticated high-privilege Grafana users, such as Editors.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2022-21703?

    The severity of CVE-2022-21703 is medium, with a CVSS score of 6.8.

  • Which versions of Grafana are affected by CVE-2022-21703?

    Grafana versions up to and including 7.5.15 and versions up to and including 8.3.5 are affected by CVE-2022-21703.

  • How can I fix CVE-2022-21703 in Grafana?

    To fix CVE-2022-21703, you need to upgrade your Grafana installation to version 7.5.16 or 8.3.6, which contain the security fixes.

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