SB2021121022 - Path traversal in Grafana
Published: December 10, 2021 Updated: June 16, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021121022
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43815)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing .csv files. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-7533-c8qv-jm9m
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/fd48aee61e4328aae8d5303a9efd045fa0ca308d
- https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/10/grafana-8.3.2-and-7.5.12-released-with-moderate-severity-security-fix/
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/d6ec6f8ad28f0212e584406730f939105ff6c6d3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032574