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Metabase 0.63.x < 0.63.5 SQL Injection

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 115418

Synopsis

Metabase 0.63.x < 0.63.5 SQL Injection

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the version of Metabase running on the remote host is 58.x prior to 58.24, or 59.x prior to 59.21, or 60.x prior to 60.17, or 61.x prior to 61.11, or 62.x prior to 62.9, or 63.x prior to 63.5. It is, therefore, affected by a SQL injection vulnerability.

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database through the /api/session/reset_password endpoint, which can grant 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 export data. The vendor has confirmed active exploitation of this vulnerability. (CVE-2026-72898)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Metabase version 0.63.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-vwf4-m7j8-wcjf

https://www.metabase.com/blog/security-update-6-aug-2026

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 115418

Type: Version Based

Published: 8/19/2026

Updated: 8/19/2026

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

Percentile: 99.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72898

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72898

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-72898, CVE-2026-72899