[NEW] [medium] Grafana: Vulnerability allows Cross-Site Scripting
A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Grafana to perform a Cross-Site Scripting attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A remote authenticated attacker can perform cross-site scripting attacks through a Grafana vulnerability.
- Who is affected
- Authenticated users on Grafana instances, with impact on other users viewing affected dashboards or content.
- Urgency
- Medium severity; requires authentication but can affect dashboard and user data; patch promptly.
- Action
- Update Grafana to a patched version addressing CVE-2026-17033.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2989
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-170330.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 11% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-17033 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for Grafana
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Grafana: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-25
- highCVE-2026-71366: A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was found in multiple AWX notification back…nvd · 2026-08-24
- high[UPDATE] [high] Grafana: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-24
- low[NEW] [low] Grafana: Vulnerability allows information disclosurecert-bund · 2026-08-18
- unknownCVE-2026-11817: This vulnerability only affects Grafana stacks configured with multiple organizations; single-…nvd · 2026-08-17
- medium[NEW] [medium] Grafana: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-14
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