CVE-2021-41244
mediumpriority · track · 30OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. In affected versions when the fine-grained access control beta feature is enabled and there is more than one organization in the Grafana instance admins are able to access users from other organizations. Grafana 8.0 introduced a mechanism which allowed users with the Organization Admin role to list, add, remove, and update users’ roles in other organizations in which they are not an admin. With fine-grained access control enabled, organization admins can list, add, remove and update users' roles in another organization, where they do not have organization admin role. All installations between v8.0 and v8.2.3 that have fine-grained access control beta enabled and more than one organization should be upgraded as soon as possible. If you cannot upgrade, you should turn off the fine-grained access control using a feature flag.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.5–9.1
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affected products (6)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-0403Grafana: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2021-11-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Grafana ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
- GHSA-mpwp-42x6-4wmxGrafana Fine-grained access control vulnerability2024-05-14ghsa · osvUS
### Impact On Nov. 2, during an internal security audit, we discovered that when the fine-grained access control beta feature is enabled and there is more than one organization in the Grafana instance, Grafana 8.0 introduced a mechanism which allowed users with the Organization Admin role to list, add, remove, and update users’ roles in other organizations in which they are not an admin. ### Patches Fixed in 8.2.4 ### Workarounds All installations between v8.0 and v8.2.3 that have fine-grained access control beta enabled and more than one organization should be upgraded as soon as possible. If you cannot upgrade, you should turn off the fine-grained access control using a [feature flag](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/enterprise/access-control/#enable-fine-grained-access-control/). Grafana Cloud instances have not been affected by the vulnerability. ### Reporting security issues If you think you have found a security vulnerability, please send a report to security@grafana.com. This address can be used for all of Grafana Labs' open source and commercial products (including, but not limited to Grafana, Grafana Cloud, Grafana Enterprise, and grafana.com). We can accept only vulnerability reports at this address. We would prefer that you encrypt your message to us by using our PGP key. The key fingerprint is F988 7BEA 027A 049F AE8E 5CAA D125 8932 BE24 C5CA The key is available from keyserver.ubuntu.com. ### Security announcements We maintain a [security category on our blog](https://grafana.com/tags/security/), where we will always post a summary, remediation, and mitigation details for any patch containing security fixes. You can also subscribe to our [RSS feed](https://grafana.com/tags/security/index.xml).
- BIT-grafana-2021-41244Cross organization admin control in Grafana2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. In affected versions when the fine-grained access control beta feature is enabled and there is more than one organization in the Grafana instance admins are able to access users from other organizations. Grafana 8.0 introduced a mechanism which allowed users with the Organization Admin role to list, add, remove, and update users’ roles in other organizations in which they are not an admin. With fine-grained access control enabled, organization admins can list, add, remove and update users' roles in another organization, where they do not have organization admin role. All installations between v8.0 and v8.2.3 that have fine-grained access control beta enabled and more than one organization should be upgraded as soon as possible. If you cannot upgrade, you should turn off the fine-grained access control using a feature flag.
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references (18)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/15/1cnnvd
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-mpwp-42x6-4wmxcnnvd
- https://grafana.com/blog/2021/11/15/grafana-8.2.4-released-with-security-fixes/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41244cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0001/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Grafana-privilege-escalation-via-Organization-Admin-Role-36898cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.0960cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.3024cnnvd
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