Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerability

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• cpe metabase/metabaseversion unspecified
• vendor Metabase Metabaseversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-72898

• Recommended remediation

  Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA due date Aug 14, 2026.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • Nuclei Templates · github.com
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

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

Code

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

• Repository · github.com

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Aug 10, 2026 · Catalog

   Detected

   Metabase contains a SQL Injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database, which can give them administrator access to the instance. From there, the attacker could change the application configuration, steal stored credentials for the connected databases, read any data accessible through those connections, and expo

2. Aug 11, 2026 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating

3. Aug 12, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   Metabase contains a SQL Injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database, which can give them administrator access to the instance. From there, the attacker could change the application configuration, steal stored credentials for the connected databases, read any data accessible through those connections, and expo

4. Aug 14, 2026 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-72898

  Metabase contains a SQL Injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database, which can give them administrator access to the instance. From there, the attacker could change the application configuration, steal stored credentials for the connected databases, read any data accessible through those connections, and expo

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-72898

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-72898

  30-day exploitation probability 97.3%

  first.org
• Nuclei TemplatesDetection templateCVE-2026-72898

  CVE-2026-72898 has a public Nuclei detection template.

  github.com
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-72898

  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.

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-72898

  Metabase contains a SQL Injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database, which can give them administrator access to the instance. From there, the attacker could change the application configura

  vulncheck.com

References

• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · api.vulncheck.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• CISA note · github.com
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · previdian.com
• Third Party Advisory · raw.githubusercontent.com
• US Government Resource · cisa.gov
• CISA note · cisa.gov
• CISA note · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• VDB Entry · cve.org
• CISA note · metabase.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · metabase.com

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.