CVE-2022-35957

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.63% (76th) EPSS
CVSS 6.6 · medium
Is it mine?
19 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Versions prior to 9.1.6 and 8.5.13 are vulnerable to an escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used, allowing an admin to take over the server admin account and gain full control of the grafana instance. All installations should be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround deactivate auth proxy following the instructions at: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/

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6.6
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.7 · impact 5.9
v3.16.6mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 0.7 · impact 5.9
v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (19)

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advisories (4)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2022-1486Grafana: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2022-09-20csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Grafana ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

  • GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9qGrafana Escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used2024-05-14ghsa · osvUS

    Today we are releasing Grafana 9.1.6, 9.0.9, 8.5.13. This patch release includes a Moderate severity security fix for CVE-2022-35957 that affects Grafana instances which are using Grafana [Auth Proxy](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/#configure-auth-proxy-authentication). Release 9.1.6, latest patch, also containing security fix: - [Download Grafana 9.1.6](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/9.1.6) - [Release notes](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-9-1-6/) Release 9.0.9, only containing security fix: - [Download Grafana 9.0.9](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/9.0.9) - [Release notes](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-9-0-9/) Release 8.5.13, only containing security fix: - [Download Grafana 8.5.13](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/8.5.13) - [Release notes](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/release-notes/release-notes-8-5-13/) Appropriate patches have been applied to [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/cloud) and as always, we closely coordinated with all cloud providers licensed to offer Grafana Pro. They have received early notification under embargo and confirmed that their offerings are secure at the time of this announcement. This is applicable to Amazon Managed Grafana and Azure's Grafana as a service offering. ## Privilege escalation (CVE-2022-35957) ### Summary On August 9 an internal security review identified a vulnerability in the Grafana which allows an escalation from Admin privileges to Server Admin when Auth proxy authentication is used. [Auth proxy](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/#configure-auth-proxy-authentication) allows to authenticate a user by only providing the username (or email) in a `X-WEBAUTH-USER` HTTP header: the trust assumption is that a front proxy will take care of authentication and that Grafana server is publicly reachable only with this front proxy. [Datasource proxy](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/data_source/#data-source-proxy-calls) breaks this assumption: - it is possible to configure a fake datasource pointing to a localhost Grafana install with a `X-WEBAUTH-USER` HTTP header containing admin username. - This fake datasource can be called publicly via this proxying feature. The CVSS score for this vulnerability is 6.6 Moderate (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). ### Impacted versions All Grafana installations where the [Auth Proxy](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/#configure-auth-proxy-authentication) is used. ### Solutions and mitigations To fully address CVE-2022-35957 please upgrade your Grafana instances. They are only required if you are using Auth proxy. If you can’t upgrade, as an alternative, you can deactivate the auth proxy. Appropriate patches have been applied to [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/cloud). ### Timeline Here is a timeline starting from when we originally learned of the issue. * 2022-08-09: Vulnerability is reported as a result of an Internal security audit. * 2022-08-09: Release timeline determined: 2022-09-06 for private customer release, 2022-09-20 for public release. * 2022-08-09: Confirmed that Grafana Cloud is not impacted. * 2022-09-06: Private release. * 2022-09-20: Public release. ## 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](https://community.grafana.com/c/support/security-announcements) on our blog, 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-2022-35957Authentication Bypass in Grafana via auth proxy allowing escalation from admin to server admin2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Versions prior to 9.1.6 and 8.5.13 are vulnerable to an escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used, allowing an admin to take over the server admin account and gain full control of the grafana instance. All installations should be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround deactivate auth proxy following the instructions at: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/

  • GO-2024-2847Grafana Escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used in github.com/grafana/grafana2024-06-05vendor · osvUS

    Grafana Escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used in github.com/grafana/grafana. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/grafana/grafana before v8.5.13, from v9.0.0 before v9.0.9, from v9.1.0 before v9.1.6.

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