CVE-2025-3415 in Grafana
Summary
by MITRE • 07/17/2025
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. The Grafana Alerting DingDing integration was not properly protected and could be exposed to users with Viewer permission. Fixed in versions 10.4.19+security-01, 11.2.10+security-01, 11.3.7+security-01, 11.4.5+security-01, 11.5.5+security-01, 11.6.2+security-01 and 12.0.1+security-01
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 12/20/2025
The Grafana Alerting DingDing integration vulnerability represents a critical access control flaw that undermines the security posture of monitoring platforms. This issue specifically affects the integration between Grafana's alerting capabilities and Alibaba Cloud's DingDing messaging service, which is commonly used for enterprise notifications and incident response. The vulnerability stems from insufficient authorization checks within the integration component, allowing users with minimal Viewer permissions to access sensitive alerting configurations and potentially trigger unauthorized notifications.
This security gap falls under the CWE-284 access control weakness category, specifically manifesting as improper access control in a web application context. The flaw enables privilege escalation through a path traversal or direct object reference vulnerability that bypasses the intended permission model. Users with Viewer roles can exploit this to gain access to alert definitions, notification channels, and potentially sensitive operational data that should only be accessible to users with Administrator or Editor permissions.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple unauthorized access, as it could enable attackers to manipulate alerting workflows and disrupt critical monitoring systems. An attacker with Viewer privileges could potentially flood DingDing channels with false alerts, create malicious alert rules, or modify existing alert configurations to hide legitimate security incidents. This creates a significant risk for organizations relying on Grafana for operational monitoring, where the integrity of alerting systems directly impacts incident response capabilities and overall system security posture.
The vulnerability aligns with several ATT&CK techniques including TA0001 Initial Access through credential compromise or privilege escalation, TA0003 Persistence via modification of alerting configurations, and TA0004 Defense Evasion by manipulating monitoring systems to conceal malicious activities. Organizations using Grafana's alerting integrations should immediately implement the security patches released in versions 10.4.19+security-01, 11.2.10+security-01, 11.3.7+security-01, 11.4.5+security-01, 11.5.5+security-01, 11.6.2+security-01, and 12.0.1+security-01. Additionally, administrators should conduct immediate access control reviews to ensure proper user role assignments and monitor for any suspicious alerting activity that may indicate exploitation attempts. The fix addresses the core authentication bypass issue by implementing proper authorization checks at the integration endpoint level, ensuring that only users with appropriate permissions can interact with DingDing notification configurations within the Grafana platform.