Administrator access via password-reset SQL injection
Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026
SQL injection in Metabase's password-reset API allows remote attackers to gain administrator access to affected Metabase instances. The POST /api/session/reset_password handler fails to neutralize attacker-controlled input before using it in an application-database SQL statement. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation permits configuration changes and access to stored connected-database credentials and data.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Metabase's password-reset API allows remote attackers to gain administrator access to affected Metabase instances. The POST /api/session/reset_password handler fails to neutralize attacker-controlled input before using it in an application-database SQL statement. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation permits configuration changes and access to stored connected-database credentials and data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72898
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Metabase
- Product
- Metabase
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
- Aug 11, 2026Exploitation reportedCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog entry
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=x.58.0 <x.58.24
- Affected versionversion=x.59.0 <x.59.21
- Affected versionversion=x.60.0 <x.60.17
- Affected versionversion=x.61.0 <x.61.11
- Affected versionversion=x.62.0 <x.62.9
- Affected versionversion=x.63.0 <x.63.5
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
View daily counts
| Reporting day | Unique IPs |
|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | 4 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 3 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 4 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 3 |
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
No public exploit references are available in this record.
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Reported exploitation
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog entryknown exploited catalog
- Metabase confirmed active exploitationreported exploitation
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo