CVE-2021-43798
KEVHIGH 7.5EPSS 88.5%
Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. Grafana versions 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.3.0 (except for patched versions) iss vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to local files. The vulnerable URL path is: `<grafana_host_url>/public/plugins//`, where is the plugin ID for any installed plugin. At no time has Grafana Cloud been vulnerable. Users are advised to upgrade to patched versions 8.0.7, 8.1.8, 8.2.7, or 8.3.1. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about vulnerable URL paths, mitigation, and the disclosure timeline.
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS v3.1
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H - CVSS v2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 88.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2025-10-09
- Nuclei
- high · CWE-22
- Published
- 2021-12-07
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (64)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165221/Grafana-8.3.0-Directory-Traversal-Arbitrary-F…
- 0xSAZZAD/Grafana-CVE-2021-437983★ · 2024-10-05
- A-D-Team/grafanaExp270★ · 2025-10-17
- BJLIYANLIANG/CVE-2021-43798-Grafana-File-Read0★ · 2021-12-11
- Bouquets-ai/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2022-01-11
- FAOG99/GrafanaDirectoryScanner1★ · 2023-05-12
- G01d3nW01f/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2023-01-09
- Iris288/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2023-11-21
- JiuBanSec/Grafana-CVE-2021-437980★ · 2021-12-13
- Jroo1053/GrafanaDirInclusion1★ · 2022-09-13
- K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2021-43798-EXPLOIT4★ · 2024-03-04
- Ki11i0n4ir3/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2023-01-09
- LongWayHomie/CVE-2021-437981★ · 2021-12-22
- M0ge/CVE-2021-43798-grafana_fileread17★ · 2022-01-27
- MalekAlthubiany/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2024-06-20
- Mo0ns/Grafana_POC-CVE-2021-437989★ · 2021-12-09
- Mr-xn/CVE-2021-4379824★ · 2021-12-07
- Ryze-T/CVE-2021-437982★ · 2021-12-15
- ScorpionsMAX/CVE-2021-43798-Grafana-POC14★ · 2021-12-17
- Shinkirou789/Grafana-8-8.30-LFI-exploit0★ · 2025-02-11
- Shinkirou789/Jenkins-2.441-exploit0★ · 2025-02-12
- Sic4rio/Grafana-Decryptor-for-CVE-2021-437988★ · 2025-07-22
- abuyazeen/CVE-2021-43798-Grafana-path-traversal-tester0★ · 2025-05-19
- asaotomo/CVE-2021-43798-Grafana-Exp12★ · 2021-12-23
- aymenbouferroum/CVE-2021-43798_exploit1★ · 2022-01-22
- culprits/Grafana_POC-CVE-2021-437989★ · 2021-12-09
- davidr-io/Grafana-8.3-Directory-Traversal0★ · 2025-01-27
- fanygit/Grafana-CVE-2021-43798Exp2★ · 2021-12-16
- gixxyboy/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2021-12-12
- halencarjunior/grafana-CVE-2021-437980★ · 2021-12-21
- hupe1980/CVE-2021-437983★ · 2022-10-08
- j-jasson/CVE-2021-43798-grafana_fileread17★ · 2022-01-27
- jas502n/Grafana-CVE-2021-43798369★ · 2023-02-14
- just-a-confused-seal/infrastructure_security7★ · 2026-07-23
- k3rwin/CVE-2021-43798-Grafana1★ · 2022-03-16
- katseyres2/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2023-10-26
- lalkaltest/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2021-12-09
- lfz97/CVE-2021-43798-Grafana-File-Read1★ · 2021-12-09
- light-Life/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2022-01-11
- lulaide/WebTree1★ · 2025-08-08
- mauricelambert/LabAutomationCVE-2021-437980★ · 2023-01-28
- monke443/CVE-2021-437982★ · 2025-03-06
- pedrohavay/exploit-grafana-CVE-2021-4379846★ · 2021-12-11
- ravi5hanka/CVE-2021-43798-Exploit-for-Windows-and-Linux0★ · 2025-02-12
- rnsss/CVE-2021-43798-poc0★ · 2022-01-07
- s1gh/CVE-2021-437984★ · 2021-12-15
- scopion/CVE-2021-437991★ · 2021-12-08
- suljov/Grafana-LFI-exploit0★ · 2025-04-27
- taythebot/CVE-2021-4379843★ · 2021-12-07
- tianhai66/Shell_POC1★ · 2021-12-09
- ticofookfook/CVE-2021-437980★ · 2024-03-27
- victorhorowitz/grafana-exploit-CVE-2021-437980★ · 2023-09-03
- wagneralves/CVE-2021-437981★ · 2023-12-21
- yasin-cs-ko-ak/grafana-cve-2021-437980★ · 2022-03-03
- yasindce1998/grafana-cve-2021-437980★ · 2022-03-03
- z3n70/CVE-2021-437985★ · 2021-12-09
- zer0yu/CVE-2021-4379827★ · 2021-12-07
- 0xf3d0rq/CVE-2021-43798
- Asbawy/GrafTraverse-CVE-2021-43798
- Okymi-X/CVE-2021-43798
- Shoxake17/CVE-2021-43798
- baktistr/cve-2021-43798-enum
- davidrxchester/Grafana-8.3-Directory-Traversal
- kikechans/-Grafana-LFI-CVE-2021-43798