Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2025-10-09. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date: 2025-10-30. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
grafana / grafana
Default status: Not specified
- affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.7
- affected: >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.8
- affected: >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.7
- affected: = 8.3.0
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-8pjx-jj86-j47p
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/commit/c798c0e958d15d9cc7f27c72113d572fa58545ce
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165198/Grafana-Arbitrary-File-Reading.html
- https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/08/an-update-on-0day-cve-2021-43798-grafana-directory-traversal/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165221/Grafana-8.3.0-Directory-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/10/4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0004/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-43798
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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