grafana: passwords for data sources are not encrypted
Published Sep 23, 2019
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.89%
Description
An issue was discovered in Grafana 5.4.0. Passwords for data sources used by Grafana (e.g., MySQL) are not encrypted. An admin user can reveal passwords for any data source by pressing the "Save and test" button within a data source's settings menu. When watching the transaction with Burp Proxy, the password for the data source is revealed and sent to the server. From a browser, a prompt to save the credentials is generated, and the password can be revealed by simply checking the "Show password" box.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
OpenShift Service Mesh 1
servicemesh-grafana
Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
grafana
Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
grafana
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
grafana
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
openshift3/grafana
Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
openshift4/ose-grafana
Fix deferred
Red Hat Storage 3
grafana
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Service Mesh 1 | servicemesh-grafana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | grafana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | grafana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | grafana | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | openshift3/grafana | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | openshift4/ose-grafana | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | grafana | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Grafana instances packaged with OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) are read-only by default, see [1]. OCP is rated as low because when a user with the correct roles, [2], accesses the Grafana dashboard the data source settings menu is not available by default - preventing access to the plain-text credentials. [1] https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.11/install_config/prometheus_cluster_monitoring.html#accessing-prometheus-alertmanager-and-grafana_prometheus-cluster-monitoring [2] https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.2/monitoring/cluster-monitoring/prometheus-alertmanager-and-grafana.html#monitoring-accessing-prometheus-alertmanager-grafana-directly_accessing-prometheus
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2021-2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01889) | 78.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01814) | 76.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 36.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 36.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 34.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.85% (0.10855) | 88.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.91% (0.02909) | 64.88th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.91% (0.02909) | 64.55th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.66% (0.00663) | 47.40th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.66% (0.00663) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15635 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768007 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167244 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15635
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191009-0002/ x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15635
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15635 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768007 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167244 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15635 | ||
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191009-0002/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15635 |
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