Auth bypass in Grafana

CVE-2018-15727

Grafana 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x 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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.643 (99.2th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-15727: rose from 0.554 to 0.643.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.554 · newest: 0.643 · change: +0.089

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15727?
CVE-2018-15727 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Grafana, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-15727?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-15727 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.