---
id: CVE-2022-36062
title: Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability
summary: >-
  Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. In
  versions prior to 8.5.13, 9.0.9, and 9.1.6, Grafana is subject to Improper
  Preservation of Permissions resulting in privilege escalation on some folders
  where Admin …
severity: high
cvss: 7.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-281
vendor: grafana
product: grafana
affected:
  - grafana < 8.5.13
  - 'grafana >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9'
  - 'grafana >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.6'
patched:
  - grafana 9.1.6
published: '2022-09-22'
updated: '2026-11-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-03T22:17:11.073'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36062'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-p978-56hq-r492'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0001/'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/grafana/grafana/security/advisories/GHSA-p978-56hq-r492'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221215-0001/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-01-28T04:55:31.466112Z'
epss: 0.00749
epssPercentile: 0.5503
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T06:38:03.556Z'
---

## Overview

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. In versions prior to 8.5.13, 9.0.9, and 9.1.6, Grafana is subject to Improper Preservation of Permissions resulting in privilege escalation on some folders where Admin is the only used permission. The vulnerability impacts Grafana instances where RBAC was disabled and enabled afterwards, as the migrations which are translating legacy folder permissions to RBAC permissions do not account for the scenario where the only user permission in the folder is Admin, as a result RBAC adds permissions for Editors and Viewers which allow them to edit and view folders accordingly. This issue has been patched in versions 8.5.13, 9.0.9, and 9.1.6. A workaround when the impacted folder/dashboard is known is to remove the additional permissions manually.

## Affected

- `grafana < 8.5.13`
- `grafana >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.9`
- `grafana >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `grafana 9.1.6`