CVE-2018-19039

Grafana before 4.6.5 and 5.x before 5.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by leveraging Editor or Admin permissions.

Published: 2018-12-13 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-19039 is rated Moderate Risk (56.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.28%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-19039

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.22% 7.28% -1.94%
2 2026-03-04 1.54% 9.22% +7.68%
3 2026-03-01 1.54%

Full EPSS history (44 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-19039

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-19039

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-19039

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19039
suse medium CVE-2018-19039 severity moderate: SUSE including 361 source package names (7.5.12:grafana-6.2.1-1.3.1, ardana-ansible-8.0+git.1566374355.c509923-3.67.3, …), 668 product×package rows across 13 product lines (Container caasp/v4/grafana, HPE Helion OpenStack 8, … (13 product lines)): Fixed 668. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19039/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-19039 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (grafana), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 17, needed 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19039

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-19039

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
grafana grafana < 4.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grafana grafana >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ceph_storage 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_performance_analytics_services cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp storagegrid_webscale_nas_bridge cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid_webscale_nas_bridge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-19039

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