# CVE-2022-35957: Authentication Bypass in Grafana via auth proxy allowing escalation from admin to server admin

- Also known as: GO-2024-2847, BIT-GRAFANA-2022-35957, GHSA-FF5C-938W-8C9Q
- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.1.6, 8.5.13, 9.0.9
- Published: 2022-09-20 · Updated: 2026-01-28

## Affected

- grafana: from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.1.6; fixed in 8.5.13
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): all versions
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 9.1.0, fixed in 9.1.6
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.0.9
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): fixed in 8.5.13

## Description

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Versions prior to 9.1.6 and 8.5.13 are vulnerable to an escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used, allowing an admin to take over the server admin account and gain full control of the grafana instance. All installations should be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround deactivate auth proxy following the instructions at: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grafana, github.com/grafana/grafana, upgrade to a fixed version (9.1.6, 8.5.13, 9.0.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9q
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYU5C2RITLHVZSTCWNGQWA6KSPYNXM2H/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0001/

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