CVE-2026-86116

Metabase before 0.63.1 Missing Function-Level Authorization on the Glossary Management API

Published Sep 5, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Metabase before 0.63.1 Missing Function-Level Authorization on the Glossary Management API
First Time appeared Metabase
Metabase metabase
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Metabase
Metabase metabase
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Sep 24, 2026, 2:21 PM
Reserved
Sep 5, 2026, 1:59 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 5, 2026, 10:16 AM
Modified
Sep 24, 2026, 8:43 PM