critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-72898Metabase — unauthenticated SQL injection to admin takeover

A SQL injection flaw in Metabase's password-reset endpoint lets anyone on the network, with no login, run arbitrary SQL against the application database and take over the instance as an administrator, exposing stored database credentials and all connected data.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update Metabase to the vendor-patched release now; restrict internet exposure until patched, then rotate connected-database credentials and review admin and export activity.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
10.0/ 10
CVSS v4.0
EPSS probability
94%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-08-10
Added to KEV
2026-08-11
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attacker needsNetwork access to the Metabase web interface; no account or user interaction needed.

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-22scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-22claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-72898 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-22