Grafana Enterprise 8.4.6 has been released to address a high severity security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-24812, that affects versions 8.1.0-beta1 to 8.4.5 with the fine-grained access control beta feature enabled. This vulnerability allows privilege escalation through the Grafana API Key by inheriting permissions from previous requests, earning a CVSS score of 8.0. Users of affected versions are urged to upgrade immediately or disable the feature if upgrading is not possible, while Grafana Cloud instances have already been patched. The issue was discovered on April 3 during an internal audit, with a timeline detailing the swift response leading to the public release on April 12. Grafana Labs emphasizes the importance of reporting vulnerabilities to their security team and provides resources for staying updated on security announcements.