CVE-2026-72898
Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited
Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.
CVSS base
10.0
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
94.2%
99.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2026-08-11 · patch by 2026-08-14
Weakness / dates
CWE-89
Published 2026-08-10 · modified 2026-08-12
Description
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.
Affected
References
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-vwf4-m7j8-wcjf
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-222-01.json
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72898
- https://www.metabase.com/blog/security-update
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-72898