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Plain-English summary
Grafana OSS may briefly continue honoring a removed permission to create service-account tokens. During this few-second window, a previously authorized user could create a token after access was revoked, potentially preserving unauthorized access to sensitive systems or actions.
Executive priority
Prioritize normal security maintenance, with faster action where Grafana service accounts protect sensitive data or privileged operations. The narrow timing window reduces likelihood, but successful abuse could affect confidentiality and integrity. Escalate if suspicious token creation follows access revocation.
Technical view
CVE-2026-33381 is a time-limited authorization failure classified as CWE-284. Exploitation requires network access, high privileges, and favorable timing, with no user interaction. The supplied CVSS 3.1 score is 5.9, reflecting potentially high confidentiality and integrity impact but no stated availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to the listed Grafana OSS releases and users who previously held service-account token-minting permission. Risk occurs specifically during the few seconds after that permission is removed. The source bundle marks other versions unaffected by default but provides no affected version ranges beyond the named releases.
Exploitation context
The timing requirement and prior high privileges make exploitation difficult and situational. The supplied sources do not report active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. They do not establish token lifetime, resulting access scope, or whether tokens minted during the window remain valid.
Researcher notes
The evidence supports a short authorization-consistency window after revocation. CVSS indicates AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N. The supplied material does not identify the underlying component, fixed versions, patch mechanism, exploit observations, token persistence, or detailed detection indicators; those points should remain unconfirmed.
Mitigation direction
- Check Grafana's advisory for current remediation or upgrade guidance.
- Restrict service-account token-minting permission to essential administrators.
- Monitor token creation closely during and immediately after permission revocations.
- Investigate and revoke unexpected service-account tokens using vendor-supported procedures.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Grafana OSS deployments and record their exact versions.
- Compare versions against every affected release listed in the CVE record.
- Review available logs for token creation immediately after permission removal.
- Confirm remediation status using Grafana's current security advisory.
- Investigate unexpected tokens and verify their authorization and ownership.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N0.75.2GRAFANAVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-33381CVE reference, GRAFANA · vendor-advisory
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