Grafana Alerting: Datasource query authorization bypass via spoofed queryType

High
Advisory ID:CVE-2026-17183
Published:2026-08-24
Product:Grafana Enterprise
CVSS Score:7.1
CVSS Vector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Fixed Versions:
<8.4.0
>=12.3.11 <12.4.0
>=12.4.9 <13.0.0
>=13.0.7 <13.1.0
>=13.1.4 <13.2.0
>=13.2.0

Summary

An authenticated user with permission to create or edit alert rules can bypass datasource query authorization by marking an alert rule query as a server-side expression while referencing a real datasource UID (incorrect authorization). This can expose data accessible through Grafana’s configured datasource credentials to users who lack permission to query that datasource.