CVE-2026-21723Active Exploitation

LOWCVSS 5.3 · MEDIUM

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (3 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Prioritize remediation for affected systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed
  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD description

The alertmanager templates test endpoint (/api/alertmanager/grafana/config/api/v1/templates/test) can execute templates with no memory limits. Mass-executing templates in a short period causes OOM and crashes the Grafana service. The endpoint requires very low privileges and is exploitable with anonymous access enabled.

3.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-400

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 1 classified signals
  • 3 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 3 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 1d
01223Mentions · 2026-07-23: 3Active Exploitation · 2026-07-23: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-23: 107-23
Signal classification3 categories
Active Exploitation
133.3%
Disclosure
133.3%
General
133.3%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Full discourse3 posts
  • VulDB 🛡@vuldb
    Active Exploitation

    Our CTI team identified a lot of activities targeting Grafana (CVE-2026-21723) https://vuldb.com/vuln/382465/cti

    Post summary

    CTI team reports numerous attack activities against Grafana’s CVE‑2026‑21723, indicating active exploitation in the wild.

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  • MalwareObserver@MalwareObserver
    Disclosure

    🐛 VULNERABILITIES CVE Notify: 🚨 [CVE-2026-21723](https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-21723) The alertmanage... https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-21723 #Vulnerability #CVE #ZeroDay

    Post summary

    The tweet serves to announce the existence of CVE-2026-21723 in Grafana, directing readers to the official advisory link for further details.

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  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-21723 Denial of Service via Unlimited Template Execution in Grafana Alertmanager Endpoint https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-21723

    Post summary

    The entry notes a DoS vulnerability due to unlimited template execution in Grafana’s alert manager, but provides no PoC, exploit code, evidence of active exploitation, or patch details.

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    4.1K followersView on X

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