Grafana up to 11.6.1 API dashboard.grafana.app authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Grafana up to 11.6.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /apis/dashboard.grafana.app/ of the component API. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-3260. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Grafana up to 11.6.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file /apis/dashboard.grafana.app/ of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A security vulnerability in the /apis/dashboard.grafana.app/* endpoints allows authenticated users to bypass dashboard and folder permissions. The vulnerability affects all API versions (v0alpha1, v1alpha1, v2alpha1). Impact: - Viewers can view all dashboards/folders regardless of permissions - Editors can view/edit/delete all dashboards/folders regardless of permissions - Editors can create dashboards in any folder regardless of permissions - Anonymous users with viewer/editor roles are similarly affected Organization isolation boundaries remain intact. The vulnerability only affects dashboard access and does not grant access to datasources.

The advisory is available at grafana.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-3260 since 04/04/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237905 (Grafana Labs < 11.6.1+security-01 Authorization Bypass (CVE-2025-3260)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 11.6.1+security-01 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (237905). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Grafana

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• 11.6.0
• 11.6.1

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• open-source

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