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Grafana Authentication Bypass

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 15, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 2, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/grafana/grafana (Go)

Affected versions

< 4.6.4
>= 5.0.0, < 5.2.3

Patched versions

4.6.4
5.2.3

Description

Grafana before 4.6.4 and 5.x before 5.2.3 allows authentication bypass because an attacker can generate a valid "remember me" cookie knowing only a username of an LDAP or OAuth user.

Specific Go Packages Affected

github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api

References

Reviewed May 20, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 15, 2022
Last updated Oct 2, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-15727

GHSA ID

GHSA-rgjg-66cx-5x9m

Source code

No known source code
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