CVE-2026-86116
Description
Metabase versions before 0.63.1 fail to enforce data analyst permission checks on glossary API endpoints, allowing any authenticated user to create, modify, and delete glossary entries. Attackers can submit requests to POST, PUT, and DELETE glossary endpoints to tamper with instance-wide business glossary data without proper authorization.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/metabase.md
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/blob/v0.62.1/src/metabase/glossary/api.clj
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/0a0589299cfd
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/releases/tag/v0.63.1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/metabase-before-0.63.1-missing-function-level-authorization-on-the-glossary-management-api
CWEs
CWE-862
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.