CVE-2026-21721
Dashboard Permissions Scope Bypass Enables Cross‑Dashboard Privilege Escalation
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The dashboard permissions API does not verify the target dashboard scope and only checks the dashboards.permissions:* action. As a result, a user who has permission management rights on one dashboard can read and modify permissions on other dashboards. This is an organization‑internal privilege escalation.
| Vendor | grafana |
| Product | grafana/grafana |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Jul 24, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
Grafana / grafana/grafana
12.3.0 < 12.3.1
Grafana / grafana/grafana
12.2.0 < 12.2.3
Grafana / grafana/grafana
12.1.0 < 12.1.5
Grafana / grafana/grafana
12.0.0 < 12.0.8
Grafana / grafana/grafana
10.2.0 < 11.6.9
Grafana / grafana/grafana-enterprise
10.2.0 < 11.6.9
Grafana / grafana/grafana-enterprise
12.0.0 < 12.0.8
Grafana / grafana/grafana-enterprise
12.1.0 < 12.1.5
Grafana / grafana/grafana-enterprise
12.2.0 < 12.2.3
Grafana / grafana/grafana-enterprise
12.3.0 < 12.3.1
References
grafana.com: https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-21721 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-21721 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433242 security.access.redhat.com: https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-21721.json access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3078 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2914 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3529 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2920 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41064 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5633 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8229