CVE-2026-33725 PUBLISHED

Metabase vulnerable to RCE and Arbitrary File Read via H2 JDBC INIT Injection in EE Serialization Import

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 27.03.2026 Updated: 27.03.2026

Metabase is an open source business intelligence and embedded analytics tool. In Metabase Enterprise prior to versions 1.54.22, 1.55.22, 1.56.22, 1.57.16, 1.58.10, and 1.59.4, authenticated admins on Metabase Enterprise Edition can achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) and Arbitrary File Read via the POST /api/ee/serialization/import endpoint. A crafted serialization archive injects an INIT property into the H2 JDBC spec, which can execute arbitrary SQL during a database sync. We confirmed this was possible on Metabase Cloud. This only affects Metabase Enterprise. Metabase OSS lacks the affected codepaths. All versions of Metabase Enterprise that have serialization, which dates back to at least version 1.47, are affected. Metabase Enterprise versions 1.54.22, 1.55.22, 1.56.22, 1.57.16, 1.58.10, and 1.59.4 patch the issue. As a workaround, disable the serialization import endpoint in their Metabase instance to prevent access to the vulnerable codepaths.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor metabase
Product metabase
Versions
  • Version < 1.54.22 is affected
  • Version >= 1.55.0, < 1.55.22 is affected
  • Version >= 1.56.0, < 1.56.22 is affected
  • Version >= 1.57.0, < 1.57.16 is affected
  • Version >= 1.58.0, < 1.58.10 is affected
  • Version >= 1.59.0, < 1.59.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE