CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-41277

7.5 HIGH Known exploited Published 2021-11-17 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion Vulnerability — Metabase Metabase

Metabase contains a local file inclusion vulnerability in the custom map support in the API to read GeoJSON formatted data.

Added to KEV
2024-11-12
Remediation due
2024-12-03
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfr ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41277
Status
Analyzed
Published
2021-11-17
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-22

Description

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map (`admin->settings->maps->custom maps->add a map`) support and potential local file inclusion (including environment variables). URLs were not validated prior to being loaded. This issue is fixed in a new maintenance release (0.40.5 and 1.40.5), and any subsequent release after that. If you’re unable to upgrade immediately, you can mitigate this by including rules in your reverse proxy or load balancer or WAF to provide a validation filter before the application.

Affected configurations

• metabase metabase 0.40.0 • metabase metabase 0.40.1 • metabase metabase 0.40.2 • metabase metabase 0.40.3 • metabase metabase 0.40.4 • metabase metabase 1.40.0 • metabase metabase 1.40.1 • metabase metabase 1.40.2 • metabase metabase 1.40.3 • metabase metabase 1.40.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References