# CVE-2026-44968: dbt-mcp: Argument Injection in dbt CLI Tool Wrappers via node_selection and resource_type Parameters

> CVE-2026-44968: dbt-mcp: Argument Injection in dbt CLI Tool Wrappers via node_selection and resource_type Parameters. CVSS 6.3 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-44968
Last updated: 2026-10-24T20:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-07-16 17:48 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-24 20:10 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 6.3 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.21%, 11th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-88

## Description

dbt-mcp is a Model Context Protocol server for interacting with dbt. Prior to 1.17.1, \_run\_dbt\_command() in src/dbt\_mcp/dbt\_cli/tools.py appended unsanitized node\_selection and resource\_type values to the dbt subprocess argument list, allowing an MCP client to inject dbt global flags such as --profiles-dir, --project-dir, and --target into subprocess.Popen even though shell=False prevents shell metacharacter injection. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.1.

## Affected vendors and products

- dbt-labs: dbt-mcp

## Tracked companies

- [dbt Labs](https://rewindex.com/company/dbt-labs.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44968)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44968)
- [https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/commit/6534507b5e7a729758d5baece155602cad0bb22f](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/commit/6534507b5e7a729758d5baece155602cad0bb22f)
- [https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/pull/752](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/pull/752)
- [https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/releases/tag/v1.17.1](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/releases/tag/v1.17.1)
- [https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-xpww-f6pm-cfhq](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-xpww-f6pm-cfhq)

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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-2026-44968 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-44968.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-44968 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:06.897Z