Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-8609

Pre-authentication denial of service via the OAuth login route

Published Jul 10, 2026 · catalog updated Aug 27, 2026 · Grafana Grafana OSS

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8609. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Grafana Grafana OSS is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.40%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Grafana Grafana OSS

An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly call Grafana's OAuth login route with unique values, causing unbounded memory growth that can eventually exhaust memory and crash the Grafana instance (denial of service).

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  • vendor Grafana Grafana OSSversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-8609

  • No stored fix

    No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.

  • Version check

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  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-8609. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Grafana Grafana OSS is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. EPSS 0.40%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 27, 2026 · CVE.org

    Updated

    An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly call Grafana's OAuth login route with unique values, causing unbounded memory growth that can eventually exhaust memory and crash the Grafana instance (denial of service).

  2. Oct 25, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database

    Detected

    An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly call Grafana's OAuth login route with unique values, causing unbounded memory growth that can eventually exhaust memory and crash the Grafana instance (denial of service).

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8609

    An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly call Grafana's OAuth login route with unique values, causing unbounded memory growth that can eventually exhaust memory and crash the Grafana instance (denial of service).

    cve.org
  • Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8609

    An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly call Grafana's OAuth login route with unique values, causing unbounded memory growth that can eventually exhaust memory and crash the Grafana instance (denial of service).

    tenable.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 26, 2026
  • Tenable CVE DatabaseOct 26, 2026