CVE-2026-72898

critical · 10Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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.

Added 2026-08-11Remediation due 2026-08-14

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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.

CVSS

19.0%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

97th

EPSS percentile

2026-08-10

Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
metabase	metabase	>= 0.58.0, < 0.58.24
metabase	metabase	>= 0.59.0, < 0.59.21
metabase	metabase	>= 0.60.0, < 0.60.17
metabase	metabase	>= 0.61.0, < 0.61.11
metabase	metabase	>= 0.62.0, < 0.62.9
metabase	metabase	>= 0.63.0, < 0.63.5
metabase	metabase	>= 1.58.0, < 1.58.24
metabase	metabase	>= 1.59.0, < 1.59.21
metabase	metabase	>= 1.60.0, < 1.60.17
metabase	metabase	>= 1.61.0, < 1.61.11
metabase	metabase	>= 1.62.0, < 1.62.9
metabase	metabase	>= 1.63.0, < 1.63.5

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References

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