CVE-2021-43798
Grafana path traversal
- Published
- Dec 7, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Dec 9, 2021
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
63CVE-2021-43798 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability (CVSS 3.1 score: 7.5) affecting Grafana versions 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.3.0. It allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files from the server by exploiting improper sanitization in the /public/plugins/:pluginId endpoint
- CVE-2021-43798-Grafana-ExpExploit
Grafanav8.*版本任意文件读取漏洞批量检测工具：该漏洞目前为0day漏洞，未授权的攻击者利用该漏洞，能够获取服务器敏感文件。
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