Authentication bypass via unrestricted SSO password reset
Published Oct 26, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Authentication bypass in Metabase allows remote authenticated users to access their accounts without passing through the configured SSO IdP. The forgot-password implementation checked only google_auth, then generated a local reset token for LDAP and other SSO accounts without checking ldap_auth or sso_source. An attacker needs an active SSO-backed account and control of its registered email; the result is a parallel local password that bypasses IdP policy.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Metabase allows remote authenticated users to access their accounts without passing through the configured SSO IdP. The forgot-password implementation checked only google_auth, then generated a local reset token for LDAP and other SSO accounts without checking ldap_auth or sso_source. An attacker needs an active SSO-backed account and control of its registered email; the result is a parallel local password that bypasses IdP policy.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-39360
- Published
- Oct 26, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Metabase
- Product
- Metabase
- Classifications
- CWE-287, CWE-304, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.41.9
- Affected versionversion=>= 0.42.0, < 0.42.6
- Affected versionversion=>= 0.43.0, < 0.43.7
- Affected versionversion=>= 0.44.0, < 0.44.5
- Affected versionversion=>= 1.0.0, < 1.41.9
- Affected versionversion=>= 1.42.0, < 1.42.6
- Affected versionversion=>= 1.43.0, < 1.43.7
- Affected versionversion=>= 1.44.0, < 1.44.5
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