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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 8 | grafana +12 | 6.7.4-3.el8 | RHSA-2020:4682 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Service Mesh 1 | jaeger | v1.13.1.redhat7-1.el7 | RHSA-2020:2362 |
| Red Hat Service Mesh 1 | kiali | v1.0.11.redhat1-1.el7 | RHSA-2020:2362 |
| Red Hat Service Mesh 1 | servicemesh-grafana +1 | 6.2.2-36.el8 | RHSA-2020:2362 |
AlmaLinux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 8 | grafana +12 | 6.7.4-3.el8 | ALSA-2020:4682 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 8 | grafana +12 | 6.7.4-3.el8 | ELSA-2020-4682 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/grafana/grafana | >= 6.0.0-beta1, < 7.2.1 | 7.2.1 | GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22 |
| Go | github.com/grafana/grafana | all versions | — | GO-2024-2519 |
Advisories 4
- ALSA-2020:4682 Moderate: grafana security, bug fix, and enhancement update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- RHSA-2020:2362 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026
- RHSA-2020:4682 Red Hat Security Advisory: grafana security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 27, 2026
- ELSA-2020-4682 Moderate: grafana security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Oracle Linux 8) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Nov 10, 2020
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
- FEDORA-2020-d109a1d1d9 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2020-c6b0c7ebbb vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0004/