CVE-2026-72898
Metabase Metabase
Summary
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.
Published: 2026-08-10 · In KEV since: 2026-08-11
Analysis
🔴 Critical — actively exploited
Weakness: SQL Injection (CWE-89). Manipulates database queries via unsanitized input.
How it's exploited: Exploitable over the network (internet-reachable), unauthenticated, no user interaction, and with low complexity.
⚠️ Critical combo: remote, unauthenticated and no interaction → trivial to automate.
Impact: Full compromise (confidentiality, integrity and availability).
Status: Active exploitation confirmed by CISA (KEV).
- Patch now: it is in CISA's actively-exploited catalog (KEV), with a deadline.
- Reduce exposure: keep it off the internet; firewall, VPN or network segmentation.
- Detect: turn this CVE into detection rules.
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The vector encodes how it's exploited (translated above, in the analysis). Break it down in the CVSS tool →
Sources: CISA KEV · EPSS · FIRST.org · NVD. Analysis derived from the CVSS vector and exploitation status (no AI). Informational; always verify against the vendor's official advisory.