Impact Score: 5/10
Grafana: 11.6.1
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: grafana · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v11.6.1. Source highlight: Download page
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- **Chore:** Update JWT library (CVE-2025-30204) #102727, @grambbledook
- **DashboardScenePage:** Correct slug in self referencing data links #103854, @Sergej-Vlasov
- **Dependencies:** Bump github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 to 9.7.3 to address CVE-2025-29923 #102863, @macabu
- **Go:** Bump to 1.24.2 #103523, @Proximyst
- **Go:** Bump to 1.24.2 (Enterprise)
- **GrafanaUI:** Use safePolygon close handler for interactive tooltips instead of a delay #102869, @mthorning
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- **Alertmanager:** Add Role-Based Access Control via reqAction Field #103479, @olegpixel
- **GrafanaUI:** Remove blurred background from overlay backdrops to improve performance #103647, @joshhunt
- **InfluxDB:** Fix nested variable interpolation #104096, @aangelisc
- **LDAP test:** Fix page crash #102684, @ashharrison90
- **Org redirection:** Fix linking between orgs #102870, @ashharrison90
- **Security:** Fix CVE-2025-3454
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
[Download page](https://grafana.com/grafana/download/11.6.1)
[What's new highlights](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/)
### Features and enhancements
- **Chore:** Update JWT library (CVE-2025-30204) [#102727](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102727), [@grambbledook](https://github.com/grambbledook)
- **DashboardScenePage:** Correct slug in self referencing data links [#103854](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/103854), [@Sergej-Vlasov](https://github.com/Sergej-Vlasov)
- **Dependencies:** Bump github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 to 9.7.3 to address CVE-2025-29923 [#102863](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102863), [@macabu](https://github.com/macabu)
- **Go:** Bump to 1.24.2 [#103523](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/103523), [@Proximyst](https://github.com/Proximyst)
- **Go:** Bump to 1.24.2 (Enterprise)
- **GrafanaUI:** Use safePolygon close handler for interactive tooltips instead of a delay [#102869](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102869), [@mthorning](https://github.com/mthorning)
- **Prometheus:** Add support for cloud partners Prometheus data sources [#103941](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/103941), [@kevinwcyu](https://github.com/kevinwcyu)
### Bug fixes
- **Alertmanager:** Add Role-Based Access Control via reqAction Field [#103479](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/103479), [@olegpixel](https://github.com/olegpixel)
- **GrafanaUI:** Remove blurred background from overlay backdrops to improve performance [#103647](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/103647), [@joshhunt](https://github.com/joshhunt)
- **InfluxDB:** Fix nested variable interpolation [#104096](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/104096), [@aangelisc](https://github.com/aangelisc)
- **LDAP test:** Fix page crash [#102684](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102684), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)
- **Org redirection:** Fix linking between orgs [#102870](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/102870), [@ashharrison90](https://github.com/ashharrison90)
- **Security:** Fix CVE-2025-3454
- **Security:** Fix CVE-2025-2703
- **Security:** Fix CVE-2025-3260