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title: "CVE-2026-15815: Grafana OSS & Enterprise - Remote Code Execution"
description: "Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise contain a remote code execution vulnerability caused by unsafe resolution of symbolic links during plugin archive extraction, letting attackers write and execute arbitrary files outside the plugin directory, exploit requires installation of a crafted plugin archive."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-15815/
---

# CVE-2026-15815 Grafana OSS & Enterprise - Remote Code Execution

Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise contain a remote code execution vulnerability caused by unsafe resolution of symbolic links during plugin archive extraction, letting attackers write and execute arbitrary files outside the plugin directory, exploit requires installation of a crafted plugin archive.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.69% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15815)

## Details

Type

Remote Code Execution

Impact

Remote Code Execution, File System Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

17 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest Grafana OSS or Enterprise version with fixed plugin extraction code.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15815](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15815)
- [https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-15815](https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-15815)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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