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SCA: security update for github.com/grafana/grafana (GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9q)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434966

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Versions prior to 9.1.6 and 8.5.13
 are vulnerable to an escalation from admin to server admin when auth proxy is used, allowing an admin to
 take over the server admin account and gain full control of the grafana instance. All installations should
 be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround deactivate auth proxy following the instructions at:
 https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/auth-
 proxy/ (CVE-2022-35957)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ff5c-938w-8c9q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434966

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-35957

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-35957

cwe: CWE-290