# CVE-2026-33725: Metabase vulnerable to RCE and Arbitrary File Read via H2 JDBC INIT Injection in EE Serialization Import

> CVE-2026-33725: Metabase vulnerable to RCE and Arbitrary File Read via H2 JDBC INIT Injection in EE Serialization Import. CVSS 7.2 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-33725
Last updated: 2026-06-17T10:37:59Z

- Published: 2026-03-27 00:19 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 10:37 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 7.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.79%, 56th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-502

## Description

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.

## Affected vendors and products

- metabase: metabase

## Tracked companies

- [Metabase](https://rewindex.com/company/metabase.md)
- [Metabase Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/metabase-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33725)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33725)
- [https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-fppj-vcm3-w229](https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-fppj-vcm3-w229)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-33725 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-33725.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-33725 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:52.284Z