{"cve":"CVE-2026-11769","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-13T06:16:14.380","modified":"2026-07-23T09:10:00.113","status":"Modified","description":"We have released version 5.24.0 of the Grafana Operator. This patch includes a MEDIUM severity security fix for a path traversal/privilege escalation vulnerability in the Grafana Operator.\n\n\n### Summary\n\nThe Grafana Operator supports loading dashboards & library panels using the jsonnet data templating language. The jsonnet expression is evaluated in the context of the operator manager pod.\n\n\n### Impact\n\nIt is possible for a malicious user who can create Dashboard or LibraryPanel resources for a Grafana instance to obtain the Kubernetes service account token of the Grafana Operator manager.\n\n### Affected versions\n\nAll Grafana Operator versions <= 5.23\n\n### Solutions and mitigations\n\nAll installations should be upgraded as soon as possible.\n\nAs a workaround, the following ValidatingAdmissionPolicy prevent the creation or modification of jsonnet based resources:\n\napiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1\nkind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicy\nmetadata:\n  name: \"prevent-jsonnet-dashboards\"\nspec:\n  failurePolicy: Fail\n  matchConstraints:\n    resourceRules:\n      - apiGroups: [\"grafana.integreatly.org\"]\n        apiVersions: [\"v1beta1\"]\n        operations: [\"CREATE\", \"UPDATE\"]\n        resources: [\"grafanadashboards\", \"grafanalibrarypanels\"]\n  validations:\n    - expression: \"!has(object.spec.jsonnetLib)\"\n---\napiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1\nkind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding\nmetadata:\n  name: \"prevent-jsonnet-dashboards-clusterwide\"\nspec:\n  policyName: \"prevent-jsonnet-dashboards\"\n  validationActions: [Deny]\n\n\n\n### Acknowledgement\n\nWe would like to thank Artem Cherezov for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N","score":6.4},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-11769"],"products":["grafana:grafana_operator"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:38:48.522727527+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-11769","score":0.00361,"percentile":0.29918,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fcw4-wwqm-m8cf","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fcw4-wwqm-m8cf","summary":"Grafana Operator: Privilege escalation from namespace admin to cluster admin via GrafanaDashboard jsonnetLib fileName","modified":"2026-06-25T19:56:33.711532303Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v5","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v5","ranges":["<5.24.0"],"fixed":["5.24.0"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/grafana-operator","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/grafana-operator","ranges":["<=2.0.0"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"GO-2026-5355","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-5355","summary":"Grafana Operator: Privilege escalation from namespace admin to cluster admin via GrafanaDashboard jsonnetLib fileName in github.com/grafana/grafana-operator","modified":"2026-06-25T19:45:34.714961501Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/grafana-operator","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/grafana-operator","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v3","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v3","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v4","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v4","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v5","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/grafana/grafana-operator/v5","ranges":["<5.24.0"],"fixed":["5.24.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}