CVE-2021-36157

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
03/08/2021
Last modified:
11/08/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in Grafana Cortex through 1.9.0. The header value X-Scope-OrgID is used to construct file paths for rules files, and if crafted to conduct directory traversal such as ae ../../sensitive/path/in/deployment pathname, then Cortex will attempt to parse a rules file at that location and include some of the contents in the error message. (Other Cortex API requests can also be sent a malicious OrgID header, e.g., tricking the ingester into writing metrics to a different location, but the effect is nuisance rather than information disclosure.)

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cortex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.9.0 (including)