Restricted datasource access via spoofed query type
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026
Incorrect authorization in Grafana OSS and Enterprise allows remote authenticated users to query restricted datasources through alert rules. The alert-rule authorization path trusts the client-controlled queryType value expr and skips permission checks, but evaluation resolves the real datasourceUid and executes the query with Grafana's configured credentials. The user must belong to the same organization, be able to create or edit alert rules, know the datasource UID, and lack direct query permission; exposed credentials can permit data reads and, for some backends, writes.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in Grafana OSS and Enterprise allows remote authenticated users to query restricted datasources through alert rules. The alert-rule authorization path trusts the client-controlled queryType value expr and skips permission checks, but evaluation resolves the real datasourceUid and executes the query with Grafana's configured credentials. The user must belong to the same organization, be able to create or edit alert rules, know the datasource UID, and lack direct query permission; exposed credentials can permit data reads and, for some backends, writes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-17183
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- Vendor
- Grafana Labs
- Product
- Grafana OSS
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1213
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=12.4.0 <12.4.9
- Affected versionversion=13.0.0 <13.0.7
- Affected versionversion=13.1.0 <13.1.4
- Affected versionversion=8.4.0 <12.3.11
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