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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-15727

Grafana 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.6.4 and 5.x before 5.2.3 allows authentication bypass because an attacker can generate a valid "remember me" cookie knowing only a username of an LDAP or OAuth user.

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CVE-2018-15727
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1 Nov 2026, 07:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-15727

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Aug 2018, 15:29 UTC

Grafana 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.6.4 and 5.x before 5.2.3 allows authentication bypass because an attacker can generate a valid "remember me" cookie knowing only a username of an LDAP or OAuth user.

osv:CVE-2018-15727
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15727",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Grafana 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x before 4.6.4 and 5.x before 5.2.3 allows authentication bypass because an attacker can generate a valid \"remember me\" cookie knowing only a username of an LDAP or OAuth user.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.008003673Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3829",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0019",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2018-08-29T15:29:00.24+00:00"
}