CVE-2024-9476 in OSS
Summary
by MITRE • 11/13/2024
A vulnerability in Grafana Labs Grafana OSS and Enterprise allows Privilege Escalation allows users to gain access to resources from other organizations within the same Grafana instance via the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant.This vulnerability will only affect users who utilize the Organizations feature to isolate resources on their Grafana instance.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 11/23/2025
This vulnerability represents a critical privilege escalation flaw in Grafana Labs Grafana OSS and Enterprise versions that impacts users utilizing the Organizations feature for resource isolation. The vulnerability specifically affects the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant component which serves as a bridge between legacy and cloud-based Grafana deployments. The flaw stems from insufficient access control mechanisms within the migration assistant that fail to properly validate organizational boundaries when processing requests from authenticated users. This technical weakness allows malicious actors to exploit the migration assistant functionality to access resources belonging to different organizations within the same Grafana instance, effectively bypassing the intended organizational isolation that should prevent cross-tenant data access.
The technical implementation of this vulnerability involves a failure in the authorization validation process where the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant does not properly verify whether the requesting user has appropriate permissions to access resources from other organizations. This represents a direct violation of the principle of least privilege and demonstrates a classic access control vulnerability that aligns with CWE-285, which encompasses improper authorization issues. The flaw exists because the migration assistant component lacks proper organizational context validation during resource access requests, allowing users to manipulate the system into granting them access to resources they should not be able to reach based on their organizational affiliation.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data exposure as it fundamentally undermines the security model of Grafana instances that rely on organizational separation for multi-tenant environments. Organizations using Grafana for hosting multiple clients or departments may experience unauthorized access to sensitive dashboards, data sources, and user configurations belonging to other tenants within the same instance. This could lead to data breaches, compliance violations, and potential regulatory penalties depending on the nature of the accessed information. The vulnerability particularly affects enterprise deployments where Grafana serves as a centralized monitoring and analytics platform for multiple business units or client environments, making the privilege escalation attack vector highly significant for organizations operating in regulated industries.
Organizations should immediately implement mitigations including disabling the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant functionality for users who do not require it, applying the latest security patches provided by Grafana Labs, and implementing additional access controls through reverse proxies or network segmentation. The ATT&CK framework categorizes this vulnerability under privilege escalation techniques where adversaries leverage application-level flaws to gain unauthorized access to resources. Security teams should also conduct comprehensive audits of their Grafana instances to identify any unauthorized access attempts that may have occurred due to this vulnerability. Regular monitoring of access logs for unusual patterns involving organizational boundary crossings should be implemented as part of the defense-in-depth strategy to detect potential exploitation attempts. Additionally, organizations should consider implementing role-based access controls that further restrict access to migration assistant functionality to only trusted administrative users within each organization.