CVE-2026-19197 Grafana CVE debrief

Who should care

Grafana instance administrators, users with organization administrator permissions, security teams monitoring for unusual dashboard snapshot modification activity, and operators of Grafana instances should be aware of this vulnerability. They should review Grafana instance user permissions and access controls, and implement compensating controls to monitor dashboard snapshot modifications.

Technical summary

A user with organization administrator permissions can delete dashboard snapshots belonging to other organizations on the same Grafana instance, and can recover a snapshot's secret delete key using only its public share key due to broken access control. This vulnerability affects Grafana instances where users with organization administrator permissions have elevated access.

Defensive priority

Medium-severity vulnerability in Grafana, allowing users with organization administrator permissions to delete dashboard snapshots belonging to other organizations and recover snapshot delete keys.

Recommended defensive actions

• Review Grafana instance user permissions and access controls
• Implement compensating controls to monitor dashboard snapshot modifications
• Inventory Grafana instances for exposure to vulnerable versions
• Monitor for unusual dashboard snapshot deletion activity
• Apply vendor remediation when available

Evidence notes

Evidence from official CVE Program record and NIST NVD vulnerability detail page. Limited information available on affected scope and vendor remediation. The CVE record was published on 2026-08-26T09:16:45.727Z and has not been modified since then. Affected Grafana instances may have dashboard snapshots that can be deleted by users with organization administrator permissions. Defenders should verify Grafana instance configurations, monitor for unusual dashboard snapshot modification activity, and review user permissions.

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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.