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Grafana OSS EUVDEUVD-2026-47869

| CVE-2026-21723 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-07-23 GRAFANA GHSA-xcrm-48rh-35pj
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GRAFANA
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify internet-exposed Grafana with anonymous access enabled
  2. Delivery
    Send mass POST requests to /api/alertmanager/grafana/config/api/v1/templates/test
  3. Exploit
    Templates execute without memory ceiling
  4. Execution
    Heap exhaustion triggers OOM condition
  5. Impact
    Grafana process crashes, service unavailable

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

The CVSS vector specifies PR:L (low-privilege authentication) as the baseline requirement; however, the description explicitly states exploitation is viable with anonymous access enabled, reducing authentication to PR:N in that deployment configuration. The specific vulnerable endpoint is /api/alertmanager/grafana/config/api/v1/templates/test, which must be network-reachable. Successful OOM triggering requires mass-execution of template requests in a short period - a single request is insufficient, meaning the attacker must sustain a rapid request burst. Exploitation is strictly limited to availability impact (service crash); there is no confidentiality or integrity component. Deployments with anonymous access disabled and low-privilege access restricted to trusted users face a meaningfully lower risk than internet-exposed instances with anonymous access enabled.

Impact

The official CVSS 3.1 score of 5.3 with vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:L reflects a network-accessible availability-only flaw requiring low privileges and rated high complexity, likely because triggering OOM demands sustained rapid requests rather than a single packet. However, the description explicitly calls out anonymous access as a viable exploitation path, which would lower the effective privilege requirement to none - meaning the PR:L baseline understates realistic risk in common Grafana deployments where anonymous access is enabled for embedded dashboards. The impact is strictly availability (C:N/I:N/A:H), resulting in a complete service crash rather than data exposure or tampering. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or proof-of-concept code was provided in the intelligence data, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. Real-world prioritization should hinge on whether the affected instance has anonymous access enabled and is internet-exposed - those deployments face a materially lower exploitation bar than the CVSS PR:L suggests. Air-gapped or fully authenticated deployments are less immediately at risk but remain vulnerable to insider or compromised-credential scenarios.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with knowledge of a Grafana instance configured with anonymous access sends a high-volume burst of POST requests to /api/alertmanager/grafana/config/api/v1/templates/test, each containing a valid but memory-intensive template payload. Without memory limits enforced server-side, the Grafana process rapidly exhausts available heap, triggering an OOM condition that crashes the service and denies access to all dashboards, alerts, and data sources until manually restarted. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but the technique requires only standard HTTP tooling.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 23, 2026

Grafana OSS exposes an unauthenticated or low-privilege denial-of-service path through its alertmanager templates test endpoint, which executes Go templates with no memory limits. Mass-execution of requests to /api/alertmanager/grafana/config/api/v1/templates/test in a short window exhausts heap memory, crashing the Grafana process entirely. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and this vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, but the anonymous-access exploitation path and low privilege bar make this a realistic availability risk for internet-exposed Grafana instances.

RemediationAI

Consult the Grafana security advisory at https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-21723 and apply the vendor-released patch; the exact fixed version is not independently confirmed from the available intelligence data and must be verified from that source. As an immediate compensating control, disable anonymous access in Grafana's configuration ([auth.anonymous] enabled = false in grafana.ini) to raise the exploitation bar to at minimum low-privilege authenticated users - note this will break publicly embedded dashboard use cases. Additionally, configure network-layer or reverse-proxy rate limiting on the path /api/alertmanager/grafana/config/api/v1/templates/test to throttle mass requests; this reduces the OOM trigger surface but may slow legitimate template testing workflows. If the alertmanager templates feature is not in use, restricting access to the alertmanager API paths at the ingress level provides a lower-risk workaround until the patch is applied.

Affected VersionsENISA

Grafana OSS 12.0.0 ≤12.0.9
Grafana OSS 12.2.0 ≤12.2.4
Grafana OSS 12.3.0 ≤12.3.2
Grafana OSS 11.0.0 ≤11.6.10
Grafana OSS 12.1.0 ≤12.1.6
Grafana OSS 8.0.0 ≤11.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd grafana_oss no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Grafana OSS integrates a managed Alertmanager with a REST API that includes a template testing endpoint. Templates in Grafana Alertmanager are rendered using Go's text/template engine, which is invoked at request time to preview notification content. The root cause is the absence of memory quotas or concurrency controls when rendering templates via this endpoint - the engine can allocate unbounded heap memory per request. Repeated rapid calls therefore accumulate memory until the OS OOM killer terminates the Grafana process. The affected product is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana_oss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering the open-source distribution. No CWE has been formally assigned, but this maps conceptually to CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). The attack surface is further widened by Grafana's optional anonymous access feature, which, when enabled, removes even the low-privilege authentication barrier described in the CVSS vector.

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Severity by source

Vendor (GRAFANA) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Anonymous access is an explicit exploitation path per the description, warranting PR:N; sustained HTTP volume does not constitute true attack complexity, so AC:L better reflects the actual condition.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE MEDIUM
Red Hat 5.3 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (GRAFANA).

CVSS VectorVendor: GRAFANA

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

The alertmanager templates test endpoint (/api/alertmanager/grafana/config/api/v1/templates/test) can execute templates with no memory limits. Mass-executing templates in a short period causes OOM and crashes the Grafana service. The endpoint requires very low privileges and is exploitable with anonymous access enabled.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely deployed open-source observability platform across enterprise and cloud
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor CIRCL VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Manager Client Tools 15 Affected
SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 15 Affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 15 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 Affected

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