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CVE-2026-11769 Grafana CVE debrief

A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in the Grafana Operator, affecting all versions up to and including 5.23. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-11769, allows a malicious user who can create Dashboard or LibraryPanel resources for a Grafana instance to obtain the Kubernetes service account token of the Grafana Operator manager.

Vendor
Grafana
Product
Grafana Operator
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.4
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-13
Original CVE updated
2026-07-10
Advisory published
2026-06-13
Advisory updated
2026-07-10

Who should care

Users of Grafana Operator versions <= 5.23

Technical summary

The Grafana Operator supports loading dashboards & library panels using the jsonnet data templating language. The jsonnet expression is evaluated in the context of the operator manager pod. A malicious user who can create Dashboard or LibraryPanel resources for a Grafana instance can exploit this to obtain the Kubernetes service account token of the Grafana Operator manager.

Defensive priority

high

Recommended defensive actions

  • Upgrade to Grafana Operator version 5.24.0 or later
  • As a workaround, apply a ValidatingAdmissionPolicy to prevent the creation or modification of jsonnet-based resources

Evidence notes

The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed by Artem Cherezov.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-11769 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11769

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2026-11769 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11769

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.