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.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Grafana
Grafana grafana
Grafana grafana Enterprise
Vendors & Products Grafana
Grafana grafana
Grafana grafana Enterprise

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GRAFANA

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T17:21:38.467Z

Reserved: 2026-07-21T16:02:26.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-16491

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T18:17:37.053

Modified: 2026-10-27T18:17:37.053

Link: CVE-2026-16491

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-27T19:15:07Z

Weaknesses