CVE-2023-38646
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to...
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at the server's privilege level. Authentication is not required for exploitation. The other fixed versions are 0.45.4.1, 1.45.4.1, 0.44.7.1, 1.44.7.1, 0.43.7.2, and 1.43.7.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at the server's privilege level. Authentication is not required for exploitation. The other fixed versions are 0.45.4.1, 1.45.4.1, 0.44.7.1, 1.44.7.1, 0.43.7.2, and 1.43.7.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-38646- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at the server's privilege level. Authentication is not required for exploitation. The other fixed versions are 0.45.4.1, 1.45.4.1, 0.44.7.1, 1.44.7.1, 0.43.7.2, and 1.43.7.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-38646- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42445 No score
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at the server's privilege level. Authentication is not required for exploitation. The other fixed versions are 0.45.4.1, 1.45.4.1, 0.44.7.1, 1.44.7.1, 0.43.7.2, and 1.43.7.2.
- Record
EUVD-2023-42445- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jg32-8h6w-x7vg
9.8
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to...
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at the server's privilege level. Authentication is not required for exploitation. The other fixed versions are 0.45.4.1, 1.45.4.1, 0.44.7.1, 1.44.7.1, 0.43.7.2, and 1.43.7.2.
- Record
GHSA-jg32-8h6w-x7vg- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at the server's privilege level. Authentication is not required for exploitation. The other fixed versions are 0.45.4.1, 1.45.4.1, 0.44.7.1, 1.44.7.1, 0.43.7.2, and 1.43.7.2.
- Record
CVE-2023-38646- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | Metabase Setup Token RCE | 2023-07-22 |
| PoC in GitHub | Pumpkin-Garden/POC_Metabase_CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-07-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | 0xrobiul/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-07-29 |
| PoC in GitHub | Chocapikk/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-07-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | Xuxfff/CVE-2023-38646-Poc | 2023-07-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | securezeron/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-07-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | Zenmovie/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-07-31 |
| PoC in GitHub | raytheon0x21/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-07-31 |
| PoC in GitHub | shamo0/CVE-2023-38646-PoC | 2023-08-02 |
| PoC in GitHub | fidjiw/CVE-2023-38646-POC | 2023-08-03 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Any3ite/cve-2023-38646-metabase-ReverseShell | 2023-08-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | robotmikhro/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-08-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | kh4sh3i/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-08-19 |
| PoC in GitHub | alexandre-pecorilla/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-08 |
| PoC in GitHub | yxl2001/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-08 |
| PoC in GitHub | m3m0o/metabase-pre-auth-rce-poc | 2023-10-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | CN016/Metabase-H2-CVE-2023-38646- | 2023-10-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | Boogipop/MetabaseRceTools | 2023-10-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | nickswink/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | passwa11/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | threatHNTR/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | asepsaepdin/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-14 |
| PoC in GitHub | Pyr0sec/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-15 |
| PoC in GitHub | birdm4nw/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | AnvithLobo/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-20 |
| PoC in GitHub | Red4mber/CVE-2023-38646 | 2023-10-25 |
| Nuclei | Metabase < 0.46.6.1 - Remote Code Execution |
Plus 13 more. The full list has every link.
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploits, exploits_more | ||
| exploits | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-38646 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Metabase, published July 21, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 99.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
metabase.com/blog/security-advisory
github.com/metabase/metabase/releases/tag/v0.46.6.1
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36812256
github.com/metabase/metabase/issues/32552
packetstormsecurity.com/files/174091/Metabase-Remote-Code-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/177138/Metabase-0.46.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38646
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg32-8h6w-x7vg
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38646.json