XSS in Grafana Oss
CVE-2026-17033
An authenticated attacker with Editor access or alert.instances.external:write can submit an external Alertmanager alert containing a controlled generatorURL. The attacker is authorized to create the alert, but not to execute script in another user's Grafana session. Grafana renders alert.generatorURL directly as the Alert Details See source LinkButton href without URL-scheme sanitization or a safe-protocol allowlist. The click interceptor's :// heuristic can be bypassed by placing :// inside a JavaScript comment. When a user with read access clicks See source, the browser executes attacker-controlled JavaScript in the Grafana origin with the clicking user's permissions.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@grafana.com (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-17033?
- CVE-2026-17033 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Grafana Oss, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-24.
- How severe is CVE-2026-17033?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.