CVE-2026-21721
grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards: Grafana Dashboard Permissions Scope Bypass Enables Cross‑Dashboard Privilege Escalation
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · January 27, 2026
Updated · October 9, 2026
Description
An authorization error has been discovered in Grafana dashboards. The dashboard permissions API does not verify the target dashboard scope and only checks the dashboards.permissions:* action. As a result, a user who has permission management rights on one dashboard can read and modify permissions on other dashboards. This is an organization‑internal privilege escalation.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key