CVE-2026-16491 CVE-2026-16491 CVE Record
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-16491?
CVE-2026-16491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Grafana Enterprise, published on 27 Oct 2026.
Official description
Grafana’s RBAC service ignored the requested folder when checking whether a user was a folder administrator for deleted dashboard listings. A user with dashboard permission-management rights on any folder could therefore be treated as an administrator of every folder.
This could expose deleted dashboard items from folders where the user lacked administrative access. The fix requires permission on the specified folder, an ancestor, or a wildcard scope.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16491?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16491?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-16491 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xjg-5qmq-rh74.