On December 2, Grafana released an emergency security patch for a critical vulnerability, CVE-2021-43798, after proof-of-concept code for its exploitation was published online. This vulnerability, discovered by Detectify Crowdsource researcher Jordy Versmissen, impacted Grafana dashboards used globally for monitoring networks, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive files through path traversal attacks. Although Grafana's cloud-hosted dashboards were not affected, the company urged users to update their Grafana 8.x instances promptly. Detectify provided tools and resources to help identify and mitigate such vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of collaborating with ethical hackers to safeguard against security threats. The incident highlights the necessity of timely updates and the benefits of a proactive security approach involving community-driven insights.