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CVE-2021-41277: Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2024-11-12
• EPSS: 97.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-17 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map (`admin->settings->maps->custom maps->add a map`) support and potential local file inclusion (including environment variables). URLs were not validated prior to being loaded. This issue is fixed in a new maintenance release (0.40.5 and 1.40.5), and any subsequent release after that. If you’re unable to upgrade immediately, you can mitigate this by including rules in your reverse proxy or load balancer or WAF to provide a validation filter before the application.

Affected products

• metabase: 0.40.0, 0.40.1, 0.40.2, 0.40.3, 0.40.4, 1.40.0 (+4)

References

• https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/042a36e49574c749f944e19cf80360fd3dc322f0
• https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfr
• https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/042a36e49574c749f944e19cf80360fd3dc322f0
• https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfr
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-41277

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