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CVE-2026-72898: Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2026-08-11
• EPSS: 98.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-08-10 · updated 2026-08-12
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Metabase allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary SQL via the '/reset_password' database endpoint and gain administrator access to the connected Metabase instance.

Affected products

• metabase: from 0.58.0 before 0.58.24; from 0.59.0 before 0.59.21; from 0.60.0 before 0.60.17; from 0.61.0 before 0.61.11; from 0.62.0 before 0.62.9; from 0.63.0 before 0.63.5 — fixed in 0.58.24, 0.59.21, 0.60.17, 0.61.11, 0.62.9, 0.63.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: metabase 0.58.24, 0.59.21, 0.60.17, 0.61.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-vwf4-m7j8-wcjf
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-222-01.json
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72898
• https://www.metabase.com/blog/security-update
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-72898

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