CVE-2022-21703 [Medium] | CSRF in Grafana

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Affected versions are subject to a cross site request forgery vulnerability which allows attackers to elevate their privileges by mounting cross-origin attacks against authenticated high-privilege Grafana users (for example, Editors or Admins). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability for privilege escalation by tricking an authenticated user into inviting the attacker as a new user with high privileges. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	1.87%	2.28%	+0.41%
2	2026-04-30	1.42%	1.87%	+0.45%
3	2026-04-21	—	1.42%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

1.87%

2.28%

+0.41%

2026-04-30

1.42%

1.87%

+0.45%

2026-04-21

—

1.42%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.3	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/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:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. 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:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.1	4.2	[email protected]
8.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` 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:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. 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:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.8	5.9	[email protected]
6.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	8.6	6.4	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.3

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/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:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.1

4.2

[email protected]

8.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.8

5.9

[email protected]

6.8

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

8.6

6.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-21703

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2022-21703: 1 source package rows (grafana); 21 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 14.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-21703
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21703
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21703/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-21703 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (grafana), 9 status rows across 9 suites (focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 7, needs-triage 2.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-21703

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
grafana	grafana	>= 3.0.1, < 7.5.15	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana::::::::
grafana	grafana	>= 8.0.0, < 8.3.5	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana::::::::
grafana	grafana	3.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:3.0.0:beta1::::::
grafana	grafana	3.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:3.0.0:beta2::::::
grafana	grafana	3.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:3.0.0:beta3::::::
grafana	grafana	3.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:3.0.0:beta4::::::
grafana	grafana	3.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:3.0.0:beta5::::::
grafana	grafana	3.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:3.0.0:beta6::::::
grafana	grafana	3.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:3.0.0:beta7::::::
netapp	e-series_performance_analyzer	< 3.0	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_performance_analyzer::::::::
fedoraproject	fedora	34	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	35	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	36	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*

References for CVE-2022-21703

URL	Tags
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/45083	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-cmf4-h3xc-jw8w	Mitigation Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://grafana.com/blog/2022/02/08/grafana-7.5.15-and-8.3.5-released-with-moderate-severity-security-fixes/	Mitigation Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PFW6Q2LXXWTFRTMTRN4ZGADFRQPKJ3D/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36GUEPA5TPSC57DZTPYPBL6T7UPQ2FRH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HLAQRRGNSO5MYCPAXGPH2OCSHOGHSQMQ/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0005/	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2022-21703 | Cross Site Request Forgery in Grafana

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-21703

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-21703

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-21703

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-21703

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-21703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-21703

References for CVE-2022-21703