CVE-2025-3454
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThis vulnerability in Grafana's datasource proxy API allows authorization checks to be bypassed by adding an extra slash character in the URL path. Users with minimal permissions could gain unauthorized read access to GET endpoints in Alertmanager and Prometheus datasources. The issue primarily affects datasources that implement route-specific permissions, including Alertmanager and certain Prometheus-based datasources.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceGrafana's datasource proxy API fails to properly normalize URL paths, allowing authorization bypass through path traversal via an extra slash character. This enables low-privilege users to access GET endpoints in Alertmanager and Prometheus datasources that should be restricted based on route-specific permissions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Grafana versionCheck the installed Grafana version via `grafana-server --version` or inspect the /api/health endpoint, or check the RPM/Debian package versionAffected if Running a version prior to the patched release that addresses URL path normalization in the datasource proxy API
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Locate Prometheus or Alertmanager datasourcesQuery the Grafana API at GET /api/datasources or inspect the provisioning files in /etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/Affected if Any Prometheus or Alertmanager datasources are configured and accessible through the datasource proxy
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Verify datasource proxy routingInspect Grafana's configuration file (grafana.ini) for datasource proxy settings under [dataproxy] and confirm proxy routing is enabledAffected if The datasource proxy is enabled and routes requests to Alertmanager/Prometheus backends
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Test path traversal accessAttempt a GET request to /api/datasources/uid/{uid}//api/v1/status (note the double slash) using a low-privilege user account that should not have accessAffected if The request succeeds and returns data that should be restricted based on route-specific permissions
A user is affected if running a vulnerable Grafana version with Prometheus or Alertmanager datasources configured, where low-privilege users can bypass authorization via path traversal in the datasource proxy API.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Grafana to the patched version that properly validates and normalizes URL paths in the datasource proxy API, and review datasource permission configurations.
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