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Vulnerability · CVE-2021-41277

Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

Published Nov 17, 2021 · catalog updated Oct 8, 2026 · Metabase Metabase

Patch now

CVE-2021-41277 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 3, 2024. Confirm Metabase Metabase against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
97.18%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe metabase/metabase · vendor Metabase Metabase

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON 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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe metabase/metabase0.40.0
  • cpe metabase/metabase0.40.1
  • cpe metabase/metabase0.40.2
  • cpe metabase/metabase0.40.3
  • cpe metabase/metabase0.40.4
  • cpe metabase/metabase1.40.0
  • cpe metabase/metabase1.40.1
  • cpe metabase/metabase1.40.2
  • vendor Metabase Metabaseversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-41277

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-41277 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 3, 2024. Confirm Metabase Metabase against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 0.40.0, 0.40.1, 0.40.2, 0.40.3, 0.40.4, 1.40.0. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information; CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 97.18%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 17, 2021 · Catalog

    Detected

    Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON 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 upgr

  2. Nov 12, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Dec 3, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Oct 8, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON 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 upgr

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-41277

    Metabase contains a local file inclusion vulnerability in the custom map support in the API to read GeoJSON formatted data.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-41277

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-41277

    30-day exploitation probability 97.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-41277

    Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map ( ) support and potential local file inclusion (including environment variables). URLs were not

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-41277

    Metabase contains a local file inclusion vulnerability in the custom map support in the API to read GeoJSON formatted data.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.