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.

CVSS v4.0

10.0 CRITICALCVSS: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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1

10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

82.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2026-08-11

Nuclei

critical · CWE-89

Published

2026-08-10

Updated

2026-08-12

Proof-of-concept exploits (6)

• EQSTLab/CVE-2026-7289817★ · 2026-08-27
• 4minx/CVE-2026-728984★ · 2026-08-15
• 0xBlackash/CVE-2026-728983★ · 2026-08-13
• VuxNx/CVE-2026-728982★ · 2026-08-15
• codeb0ssx/CVE-2026-72898-PoC0★ · 2026-08-13
• BlackHatExploitation/metabase-sql-poc0★ · 2026-08-28

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-72898.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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