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.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p Grafana path traversal
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:24.009Z

Reserved: 2021-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43798

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Updated: 2024-08-04T04:03:08.797Z

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-12-07T19:15:07.633

Modified: 2025-10-24T14:47:13.760

Link: CVE-2021-43798

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-12-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-43798 - Bugzilla

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