This requires several very stringent conditions to be met:
- The attacker must have admin access to the specific datasource prior to its first deletion.
- Upon deletion, all steps within the attack must happen within the next 30 seconds and on the same pod of Grafana.
- The attacker must delete the datasource, then someone must recreate it.
- The new datasource must not have the attacker as an admin.
- The new datasource must have the same UID as the prior datasource. These are randomised by default.
- The datasource can now be re-deleted by the attacker.
- Once 30 seconds are up, the attack is spent and cannot be repeated.
- No datasource with any other UID can be attacked.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Grafana | Grafana | unaffected |
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A time-of-create-to-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability lets recently deleted-then-recreated data sources be re-deleted without permission to do so. This requires several very stringent conditions to be met: - The attacker must have admin access to the specific datasource prior to its first deletion. - Upon deletion, all steps within the attack must happen within the next 30 seconds and on the same pod of Grafana. - The attacker must delete the datasource, then someone must recreate it. - The new datasource must not have the attacker as an admin. - The new datasource must have the same UID as the prior datasource. These are randomised by default. - The datasource can now be re-deleted by the attacker. - Once 30 seconds are up, the attack is spent and cannot be repeated. - No datasource with any other UID can be attacked. | |
| Title | Authorization Bypass via TOCTOU in Grafana Datasource Deletion by Name | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GRAFANA
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-25T12:35:43.104Z
Reserved: 2026-01-05T09:26:06.214Z
Link: CVE-2026-21725
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-02-25T13:16:05.240
Modified: 2026-02-25T14:15:29.980
Link: CVE-2026-21725
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