CVE-2026-72899

CRITICAL 10 ALL-YEARS

Published 2026-08-10 · Last modified 2026-08-11 · cisa-cg · NVD: Awaiting Analysis

Metabase allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary SQL via a publicly shared card or dashboard that exposes a field-filter (dimension) parameter.

ELEVATED IMPACT

Severe if exploited (CVSS 10), but no confirmed exploitation. Patch on a normal cadence.

Exploitation likelihood

0.8%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 56th percentile

○ In CISA KEV○ Catalogued PoC◆ SSVC: exploitation none, automatable yes

Impact if exploited

10CVSS 4.0 · CRITICAL · CNA

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

What an attacker needs

✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓Requirements: No special attack requirements

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept

No public PoC is currently catalogued.

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Affected

Vendors Metabase

Products Metabase

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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

References and research data (JSON)

All CVSS metrics

CRITICAL 10 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CRITICAL 10 v4.0 · CNA Primary
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
CRITICAL 10 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
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
CRITICAL 10 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Advisories

https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-r8h2-qpfx-mx59 vendor-advisoryCVE record · cisa-cg · Updated 2026-08-10T17:56:09.950Z
NVD · CVE-2026-72899 · Updated 2026-08-26T16:52:20.850
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-222-01.json third-party-advisoryCVE record · cisa-cg · Updated 2026-08-10T17:56:09.950Z
NVD · CVE-2026-72899 · Updated 2026-08-26T16:52:20.850
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-55691 ADVISORYEUVD · EUVD-2026-55691

Technical & other

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72899 vdb-entryCVE record · cisa-cg · Updated 2026-08-10T17:56:09.950Z
NVD · CVE-2026-72899 · Updated 2026-08-26T16:52:20.850

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS