Grafana’s RBAC service ignored the requested folder when checking whether a user was a folder administrator for deleted dashboard listings. A user with dashboard permission-management rights on any folder could therefore be treated as an administrator of every folder.
This could expose deleted dashboard items from folders where the user lacked administrative access. The fix requires permission on the specified folder, an ancestor, or a wildcard scope.
This could expose deleted dashboard items from folders where the user lacked administrative access. The fix requires permission on the specified folder, an ancestor, or a wildcard scope.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Grafana’s RBAC service ignored the requested folder when checking whether a user was a folder administrator for deleted dashboard listings. A user with dashboard permission-management rights on any folder could therefore be treated as an administrator of every folder. This could expose deleted dashboard items from folders where the user lacked administrative access. The fix requires permission on the specified folder, an ancestor, or a wildcard scope. | |
| Title | CVE-2026-16491 CVE Record | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GRAFANA
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-27T17:21:38.467Z
Reserved: 2026-07-21T16:02:26.000Z
Link: CVE-2026-16491
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-27T18:17:37.053
Modified: 2026-10-27T18:17:37.053
Link: CVE-2026-16491
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-27T19:15:07Z
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