Grafana Enterprise Request Sec DenyList Bypass via Punycode Encoding
CVE-2023-4399 Published on October 17, 2023

Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability. In Grafana Enterprise, Request security is a deny list that allows admins to configure Grafana in a way so that the instance doesnt call specific hosts. However, the restriction can be bypassed used punycode encoding of the characters in the request address.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-4399 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and a small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is an Allowlist / Allow List Vulnerability?

The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are explicitly allowed by policy because the inputs are assumed to be safe, but the list is too permissive - that is, it allows an input that is unsafe, leading to resultant weaknesses.

CVE-2023-4399 has been classified to as an Allowlist / Allow List vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-4399

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Affected Versions

Grafana Enterprise:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.04%
Percentile
10.08%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.