CVE-2026-86116

7.1 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.1). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.1 high

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

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-09-05
Modified: 2026-09-24
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

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

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