5.1

CVE-2024-8118: Grafana alerting wrong permission on datasource rule write endpoint

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-8118ALPINE-CVE-2024-8118
Published 26-09-2024Last modified 26-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8118 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in grafana. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 7
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14431-1SUSE-SU-2025:0524-1SUSE-SU-2025:0525-1SUSE-SU-2025:0545-1CGA-68VP-FJWC-8VWJCGA-92CQ-FHQ4-PXJC

Timeline

  1. 26-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Grafana, the wrong permission is applied to the alert rule write API endpoint, allowing users with permission to write external alert instances to also write alert rules.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.58% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine1 product
  • grafana< 11.0.7-r0
Grafana1 product
  • grafana≥ 8.5.0, < 10.3.10 | ≥ 10.4.0, < 10.4.9 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.5 | ≥ 11.1.0, < 11.1.6 | ≥ 11.2.0, < 11.2.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • grafanaAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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