CVE-2021-437987.5HighCWE-22

CVE-2021-43798: Grafana path traversal

grafana

Vendor fix available · Affected: grafana · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 9 Oct 2025

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue9 Oct 2025
Exploited (reported): not seen
Scanning observed: not seen
Proof of concept public: not seen
Not established: not seen

88.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

99th percentile

050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

grafana · grafana>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.7; >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.8; >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7; = 8.3.0

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Open the Atlas

Exploitation: Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV: Listed since 9 Oct 2025 · catalogue entry
Public check: Grafana v8.x - Arbitrary File Read · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
Weakness: Path Traversal · File and Path Handling
Vendor: grafana
Published: December 2021
Band: Exploited in the wild, December 2021

What changed

9 Oct 2025
CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2021-43798 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.