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Viewer-triggered race condition in Grafana Live leads to complete server crash

Type: advisorySources: OSV

A race condition in Grafana Live allows authenticated users with Viewer role to trigger a server crash by sending concurrent requests that cause a fatal map access error. This results in complete service unavailability requiring restart of the Grafana server.

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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-28379
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 22:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Viewer-triggered race condition in Grafana Live leads to complete server crash

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 May 2026, 19:28 UTC

A race condition in Grafana Live allows authenticated users with Viewer role to trigger a server crash by sending concurrent requests that cause a fatal map access error. This results in complete service unavailability requiring restart of the Grafana server.

osv:CVE-2026-28379
Complete source record
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