Red Hat Security Advisory: grafana security update
Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for Graphite, InfluxDB & OpenTSDB. Security Fix(es): * net/http: Request smuggling due to acceptance of invalid chunked data in net/http (CVE-2025-22871) * grafana: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Grafana via Custom Frontend Plugins and Open Redirect (CVE-2025-4123) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers two security flaws in Grafana as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. The first is a request smuggling vulnerability in the net/http package caused by acceptance of invalid chunked data (CVE-2025-22871). The second is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Grafana that can be triggered via custom frontend plugins and open redirect vectors (CVE-2025-4123). Red Hat has released updated Grafana packages (version 9.0.9-8.el9_2) that address these issues. The advisory references Red Hat's errata RHSA-2025:8680 and provides links for applying the update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of the request smuggling vulnerability could allow an attacker to interfere with HTTP request processing. The XSS vulnerability could enable attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking or other malicious actions. The advisory classifies the overall impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Grafana packages (version 9.0.9-8.el9_2) that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:8680 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor beyond applying the update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: grafana security update
Observed in the wild — via OffSeq Mirage
Description
Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for Graphite, InfluxDB & OpenTSDB. Security Fix(es): * net/http: Request smuggling due to acceptance of invalid chunked data in net/http (CVE-2025-22871) * grafana: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Grafana via Custom Frontend Plugins and Open Redirect (CVE-2025-4123) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers two security flaws in Grafana as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. The first is a request smuggling vulnerability in the net/http package caused by acceptance of invalid chunked data (CVE-2025-22871). The second is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Grafana that can be triggered via custom frontend plugins and open redirect vectors (CVE-2025-4123). Red Hat has released updated Grafana packages (version 9.0.9-8.el9_2) that address these issues. The advisory references Red Hat's errata RHSA-2025:8680 and provides links for applying the update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of the request smuggling vulnerability could allow an attacker to interfere with HTTP request processing. The XSS vulnerability could enable attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking or other malicious actions. The advisory classifies the overall impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Grafana packages (version 9.0.9-8.el9_2) that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:8680 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:8680
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-22871"]
Threat ID: 6a18be67e29bf47b503872aa
Added to database: 05/28/2026, 22:15:03 UTC
Last enriched: 08/17/2026, 18:59:33 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 92
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