CVE-2026-33382
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Description
A flaw in Grafana's API endpoints allows remote attackers to send excessively large request bodies without authentication. This exhausts server memory, resulting in a complete denial of service (DoS).
Statement
Moderate: This denial of service vulnerability in Grafana stems from a lack of request body size limits on certain API endpoints, some of which are unauthenticated. Exploitation by a remote attacker sending large payloads can exhaust system memory, leading to service unavailability. The impact is assessed as Moderate because it primarily affects the availability of the Grafana application rather than compromising data or executing arbitrary code.
Mitigation
Deploy a reverse proxy or API gateway (e.g., Nginx) in front of Grafana configured to strictly limit the maximum HTTP request body size, dropping oversized payloads before they reach the backend. As a defense-in-depth measure, restrict network access to trusted internal clients via firewall rules. Note: Applying these proxy and network changes may require a service reload, causing a temporary interruption.
Additional information
- This content is not included.Bugzilla 2499062: grafana: Grafana: Denial of Service via excessive memory allocation from large API request payloads
- Content from cwe.mitre.org is not included.CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
External References
Affected Packages and Issued Red Hat Security Errata
Unless explicitly stated as not affected, all previous versions of packages in any minor update stream of a product listed here should be assumed vulnerable, although may not have been subject to full analysis.
| Products / Services | Components | State | Errata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multicluster Global Hub | multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9 | Not affected | |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9 | Not affected | |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | rhceph/rhceph-5-dashboard-rhel8 | Not affected | |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 | rhceph/rhceph-6-dashboard-rhel9 | Not affected | |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 | rhceph/grafana-rhel9 | Not affected | |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | rhceph/grafana-rhel9 | Not affected | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | grafana | Fixed | RHSA-2026:54178 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | grafana13-2-main | Fixed | This content is not included.RHSA-2026:63164 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | grafana13-1-main | Fixed | This content is not included.RHSA-2026:63165 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | grafana12-4-main | Fixed | This content is not included.RHSA-2026:65157 |
| No matching records found | |||
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS v3 Base Score | 5.3 | N/A | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | None |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | N/A | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | N/A | None |
| Availability Impact | Low | N/A | High |
CVSS v3 Vector
Red Hat CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
cve.org CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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