Precautionary patches for Grafana released following critical go vulnerability CVE-2023-24538

Grafana Labs has released precautionary patches in response to a critical vulnerability identified in golang, known as CVE-2023-24538, which has a base CVSS score of 9.8, though they assess their own exposure as 0.0 (informational) due to no identified exploitable use cases within their services. The vulnerability involves potential arbitrary code injection into go templates via backticks in Javascript, affecting all versions of Grafana. Despite no direct threat, Grafana Labs advises users to upgrade third-party go-based plugins and has coordinated with cloud providers like Amazon and Azure Managed Grafana to ensure security. They provide detailed patch versions for download and emphasize the importance of reporting security vulnerabilities through encrypted messages to their designated email. They also maintain a blog for security announcements and encourage updates to stay informed about the latest security measures.