- Critical 10.0
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
CVE-2026-72898
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.
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The facts
- Published
- 10 August 2026
- Last changed
- 12 August 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Severity
- Critical, CVSS 10.0 out of 10 (version 4.0)
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… - Weakness
- Affects
- metabase metabase
- Known exploited
- Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 11 August 2026.
- EPSS
- 97.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 100).
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