Metabase Metabase: Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerability
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- started
- Aug 11, 2026
- closed
- Aug 11, 2026
- CVEs
- 1
- sources
- 3
## summary
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 export data. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-08-11.
severity: Actively exploited (CISA KEV)
## cve ids[1]
## affected
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
## fixed in
- See vendor advisory linked in sources
## timeline[1]
CISA added CVE-2026-72898 to the KEV catalog (due 2026-08-14).
## advisories[2]
## news & write-ups[1]
## notes & caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record — verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier).
