CVE-2020-12459 Grafana world readable configuration files
Attackers can read Grafana configuration files to steal secret keys and LDAP bind passwords due to world-readable permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-12459?
CVE-2020-12459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12459?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/grafana/grafana and grafana. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/grafana/grafana Go | All versions | None |
github.com/grafana/grafana Go | From 6.0.0-beta1 | 7.2.1 |
github.com/grafana/grafana Go | From 6.0.0-beta1 | 7.2.1 |
grafana Bitnami | From 6.0.0 | 6.3.7 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Grafana Grafana.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12459?
Upgrade github.com/grafana/grafana to 7.2.1 or later.
Is CVE-2020-12459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as BIT-grafana-2020-12459, GHSA-m25m-5778-fm22, GO-2024-2519, MINI-2hw7-74vj-xvc6, MINI-4727-p7fh-39w3, MINI-76qv-wfwf-v8v2 and 14 more.