CVE-2026-27878

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-19. the CNA's CVSS baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:grafana, epss, ghsa
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A TraceQL query in Grafana Tempo with a large exemplars hint value can cause the Tempo instance to allocate an excessive amount of memory, resulting in an out-of-memory crash. This could allow an authenticated user to trigger a denial of service against the Tempo service.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
35%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-27878(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/grafana/tempo1.5.1-0.20260303204923-b13f74291d48

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 57× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 185 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-08-27 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-08-26 09:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-08-24 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-24 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  26. 2026-08-15 18:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  43. 2026-08-09 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-08-08 13:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-27878?
CVE-2026-27878 is a medium vulnerability published on June 19, 2026. A TraceQL query in Grafana Tempo with a large exemplars hint value can cause the Tempo instance to allocate an excessive amount of memory, resulting in an out-of-memory crash. This could allow an authenticated user to trigger a denial of service against the Tempo service.
When was CVE-2026-27878 disclosed?
CVE-2026-27878 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-27878 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-27878 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 65.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-27878?
CVE-2026-27878 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 6.5 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-27878?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-27878, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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