[NEW] [critical] Metabase: Vulnerability enables SQL injection and privilege escalation
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Metabase to conduct a SQL injection attack and escalate privileges.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability in Metabase enables SQL injection and privilege escalation attacks.
- Who is affected
- All Metabase deployments accessible to remote anonymous users.
- Urgency
- Critical—remote, unauthenticated exploitation; no CVE identifier suggests potential zero-day or reserved CVE.
- Action
- Apply the latest Metabase security update immediately or restrict network access until patched.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2715
Recent advisories for Metabase
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- high[NEW] [high] Metabase: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-11
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-72898: Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-08-11
- mediumCVE-2026-72900: Metabase allows an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to read the entire Metabase applicat…nvd · 2026-08-10
- criticalCVE-2026-72899: Metabase allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary SQL via a publicly shared card…nvd · 2026-08-10
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-72898: Metabase allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary SQL via the '/reset_pas…nvd · 2026-08-10
- criticalCVE-2026-50148: Metabase is an open-source business intelligence and embedded analytics tool. From 1.54.0 unti…nvd · 2026-07-15
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