# CVE-2026-11769: Operator - Namespaced User Path Traversal

> CVE-2026-11769: Operator - Namespaced User Path Traversal. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-11769
Last updated: 2026-08-27T17:22:27Z

- Published: 2026-06-13 04:17 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-27 17:22 UTC · Assigner: GRAFANA
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.36%, 30th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no

## Description

We have released version 5.24.0 of the Grafana Operator. This patch includes a MEDIUM severity security fix for a path traversal/privilege escalation vulnerability in the Grafana Operator. \#\#\# Summary The Grafana Operator supports loading dashboards & library panels using the jsonnet data templating language. The jsonnet expression is evaluated in the context of the operator manager pod. \#\#\# Impact It is possible for a malicious user who can create Dashboard or LibraryPanel resources for a Grafana instance to obtain the Kubernetes service account token of the Grafana Operator manager. \#\#\# Affected versions All Grafana Operator versions \<= 5.23 \#\#\# Solutions and mitigations All installations should be upgraded as soon as possible. As a workaround, the following ValidatingAdmissionPolicy prevent the creation or modification of jsonnet based resources: apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1 kind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicy metadata:   name: "prevent-jsonnet-dashboards" spec:   failurePolicy: Fail   matchConstraints:     resourceRules:       - apiGroups: \["grafana.integreatly.org"\]         apiVersions: \["v1beta1"\]         operations: \["CREATE", "UPDATE"\]         resources: \["grafanadashboards", "grafanalibrarypanels"\]   validations:     - expression: "!has(object.spec.jsonnetLib)" --- apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1 kind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding metadata:   name: "prevent-jsonnet-dashboards-clusterwide" spec:   policyName: "prevent-jsonnet-dashboards"   validationActions: \[Deny\] \#\#\# Acknowledgement We would like to thank Artem Cherezov for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability.

## Affected vendors and products

- Grafana: Grafana Operator

## Tracked companies

- [Grafana Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/grafana-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11769)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11769)
- [https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-11769](https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-11769)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-11769 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-11769.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-11769 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:24.478Z