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vetkit.grafana.auth.default-admin-password

Grafana's admin password is set to the well-known default admin. Unless it is changed on first login, anyone can sign in as administrator.

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Grafana's admin password is set to the well-known default admin. Unless it is changed on first login, anyone can sign in as administrator.

Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: WARNING

How to fix it

Supply the admin password from a secret (GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD__FILE) instead of the default.

References

Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/config.yml.

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