CVE-2021-43798 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting Grafana versions 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.3.0, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access local files via a specially crafted URL. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a low-complexity, network-exploitable threat leading to full confidentiality compromise. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei templates, and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community discussion and media attention. Organizations using affected Grafana versions are strongly advised to upgrade to patched versions 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7, or 8.3.1 immediately.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0.1, < 8.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:8.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.