CVE-2026-21721

Dashboard Permissions Scope Bypass Enables Cross‑Dashboard Privilege Escalation

Published Jan 27, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:11.6.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:12.0.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:12.1.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:12.2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:12.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:12.3.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-863
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Grafana
Grafana grafana
Grafana grafana Enterprise
Vendors & Products Grafana
Grafana grafana
Grafana grafana Enterprise
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Dashboard Permissions Scope Bypass Enables Cross‑Dashboard Privilege Escalation
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GRAFANA
Published
Updated
Aug 27, 2026, 5:22 PM
Reserved
Jan 5, 2026, 9:26 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 27, 2026, 9:15 AM
Modified
Jul 20, 2026, 12:18 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jan 27, 2026, 9:07 AM