CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15815

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise did not safely resolve symbolic links when extracting plugin archives. A crafted archive can chain relative symlinks to escape the plugin installation directory, writing arbitrary files and an executable backend binary outside it, which then runs with Grafana server privileges.

Risk Assessment

Remote code execution is possible by installing a plugin that appears legitimate, or from an arbitrary archive using grafana-cli, GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS, or preinstall configuration.

Recommendation

Upgrade Grafana to a patched version; until then install only plugins from trusted sources and verify their origin.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise did not safely resolve symbolic links when extracting plugin archives. A crafted plugin archive can chain relative symbolic link entries to escape the plugin installation directory, writing arbitrary files and an executable backend binary outside that directory. The dropped executable runs with the privileges of the Grafana server process, resulting in remote code execution. Plugin archives are extracted before their signature is verified, so a valid plugin signature does not prevent the write. An operator can therefore be affected by installing a plugin that appears legitimate, as well as by installing a plugin from an arbitrary archive using grafana-cli, the GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS environment variable, or preinstall configuration. Grafana Enterprise is affected because it includes the same plugin extraction code as Grafana OSS.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS