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CVE-2026-46481: OpenMetadata: TEST_CONNECTION workflow leaks ingestion-bot JWT and database password to regular users

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-08 · updated 2026-07-23
• Weakness: CWE-201

Description

OpenMetadata is a unified metadata platform. Prior to version 1.12.4, a non-admin SSO user can trigger a TEST_CONNECTION workflow for a Database Service and receive, in the HTTP 201 response of POST /api/v1/automations/workflows, both the cleartext database password in request.connection.config.password and the ingestion bot JWT in openMetadataServerConnection.securityConfig.jwtToken. The leaked ingestion-bot token can then be reused as Authorization: Bearer <jwt> to access sensitive service APIs with bot-level privileges. This issue has been patched in version 1.12.4.

Affected products

• open-metadata OpenMetadata: before 1.12.4

References

• https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/security/advisories/GHSA-9vmh-whc4-7phg
• https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/security/advisories/GHSA-9vmh-whc4-7phg

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