# CVE-2020-12459: In certain Red Hat packages for Grafana 6.x through 6.3.6, the configuration files /etc/grafana/grafana.ini and /etc/grafana/ldap.toml (whic

- Also known as: GHSA-M25M-5778-FM22, BIT-GRAFANA-2020-12459, GO-2024-2519
- 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): from 6.0.0-beta1, fixed in 7.2.1
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): all versions

## Description

In certain Red Hat packages for Grafana 6.x through 6.3.6, the configuration files /etc/grafana/grafana.ini and /etc/grafana/ldap.toml (which contain a secret_key and a bind_password) are world readable.

## 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/8283
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12459
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1829724
- https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/grafana/c/fab93d67363eb0a9678d9faf160cc88237f26277
- 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-20200518-0004/

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