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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.148743
Category:Web application abuses
Title:Grafana Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9q)
Summary:Grafana is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Grafana is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Grafana allows an escalation from Admin privileges to Server
Admin when Auth proxy authentication is used.

Auth proxy allows to authenticate a user by only providing the username (or email) in a
X-WEBAUTH-USER HTTP header: the trust assumption is that a front proxy will take care of
authentication and that Grafana server is publicly reachable only with this front proxy.

Datasource proxy breaks this assumption:

- it is possible to configure a fake datasource pointing to a localhost Grafana install with a
X-WEBAUTH-USER HTTP header containing admin username.

- This fake datasource can be called publicly via this proxying feature.

Affected Software/OS:
Grafana prior to version 8.5.13, version 9.0.x through 9.0.8
and 9.1.x through 9.1.5 if the Auth Proxy is used.

Solution:
Update to version 8.5.13, 9.0.9, 9.1.6 or later.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-35957
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9q
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYU5C2RITLHVZSTCWNGQWA6KSPYNXM2H/
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