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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-15635

An issue was discovered in Grafana 5.4.0. Passwords for data sources used by Grafana (e.g., MySQL) are not encrypted. An admin user can reveal passwords for any data source by pressing the "Save and test" button within a data source's settings menu. When watching the transaction with Burp Proxy, the password for the data source is revealed and sent to the server. From a browser, a prompt to save the credentials is generated, and the password can be revealed by simply checking the "Show password" box.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:22 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-15635

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Sept 2019, 17:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Grafana 5.4.0. Passwords for data sources used by Grafana (e.g., MySQL) are not encrypted. An admin user can reveal passwords for any data source by pressing the "Save and test" button within a data source's settings menu. When watching the transaction with Burp Proxy, the password for the data source is revealed and sent to the server. From a browser, a prompt to save the credentials is generated, and the password can be revealed by simply checking the "Show password" box.

osv:CVE-2019-15635
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15635",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-15635",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Grafana 5.4.0. Passwords for data sources used by Grafana (e.g., MySQL) are not encrypted. An admin user can reveal passwords for any data source by pressing the \"Save and test\" button within a data source's settings menu. When watching the transaction with Burp Proxy, the password for the data source is revealed and sent to the server. From a browser, a prompt to save the credentials is generated, and the password can be revealed by simply checking the \"Show password\" box.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-15635",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana:5.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.4.0-NA"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "5.4.0-NA"
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-15635.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:38.503691741Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167244",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191009-0002/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2019-15635",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434475,
  "published_at": "2019-09-23T17:15:11.173+00:00"
}