CVE-2026-72898: Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerability
What it is
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.
What to do
Treat this as urgent. Identify every affected system, starting with anything internet-facing, and apply the vendor fix or mitigation within days. If you cannot patch quickly, isolate or disable the affected service and watch for signs of compromise.
- Priority
- Act now: Patch or mitigate internet-facing systems within days.
- Severity (CVSS)
- 10 critical
- CISA assessment (SSVC)
- actively exploited; attackers can automate it at scale; total control of the affected system
- Exploit probability (EPSS, 30 days)
- 19%, higher than 97% of all CVEs
- Added to CISA KEV
- 11 August 2026
- CISA fix-by date
- 14 August 2026 (US federal agencies; a sensible deadline for everyone)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-89
References
- NIST NVD entry
- CISA KEV entry
- github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-vwf4-m7j8-wcjf
- raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-22
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72898
- www.metabase.com/blog/security-update
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-72898
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) · NIST National Vulnerability Database · CISA Vulnrichment (SSVC), via the CVE Program. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Summaries are machine-written from CISA’s description; treat the vendor’s advisory as the authority for fixes.