CVE-2026-42127: Pre-authentication denial of service in the public dashboard query endpoint
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-42127 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in grafana. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 5Timeline
- 22-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 27-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The public dashboard query endpoint does not limit request body size before processing, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger excessive memory allocation by sending arbitrarily large JSON payloads. This can lead to denial of service through memory exhaustion. No valid dashboard access token or authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
38%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.43% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingThe product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard11 products
- grafana-11.6< 11.6.16-r2
- grafana-12.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- grafana-12.1All versions (No fix recorded)
- grafana-12.2< 12.2.10-r10
- grafana-12.3< 12.3.7-r0
Redhat4 products
- grafana< 0:10.2.6-23.el9_8.1
- grafana-debuginfo< 0:10.2.6-23.el9_8.1
- grafana-debugsource< 0:10.2.6-23.el9_8.1
- grafana-selinux< 0:10.2.6-23.el9_8.1
Grafana3 products
- grafana≤ 11.6.14 | ≥ 12.2.0, ≤ 12.2.8 | ≥ 12.3.0, ≤ 12.3.6 | ≥ 12.4.0, ≤ 12.4.3 | ≥ 13.0.0, ≤ 13.0.1
- grafana enterprise≥ 11.6.0, ≤ 11.6.14 | ≥ 12.2.0, ≤ 12.2.8 | ≥ 12.3.0, ≤ 12.3.6 | ≥ 12.4.0, ≤ 12.4.3 | ≥ 13.0.0, ≤ 13.0.1
- grafana oss≥ 11.6.0, ≤ 11.6.14 | ≥ 12.2.0, ≤ 12.2.8 | ≥ 12.3.0, ≤ 12.3.6 | ≥ 12.4.0, ≤ 12.4.3 | ≥ 13.0.0, ≤ 13.0.1
Wolfi2 products
- grafana-12.3< 12.3.7-r0
- grafana-12.4< 12.4.4-r0
Alpine1 product
- grafana≥ 12.2.0, < 12.4.4-r0
Github.com/grafana1 product
- grafana≥ 2.0.0-beta1 (No fix recorded) | ≥ 12.0.0 (No fix recorded) | ≥ 12.3.0 (No fix recorded) | ≥ 12.4.0 (No fix recorded) | ≥ 13.0.0 (No fix recorded) | < 1.9.2-0.20260616075434-82ef13993059 | All versions (No fix recorded) | ≥ 2.0.0-beta1+incompatible (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- grafanaAll versions (No fix recorded)
7 vendors · 23 products
References
20 linksShow all 20 references
- github.com/grafana/grafanaPACKAGE