# CVE-2026-86116: Metabase before 0.63.1 Missing Function-Level Authorization on the Glossary Management API

> CVE-2026-86116: Metabase before 0.63.1 Missing Function-Level Authorization on the Glossary Management API. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-86116
Last updated: 2026-09-24T20:43:32Z

- Published: 2026-09-05 09:59 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-24 20:43 UTC · Assigner: VulnCheck
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.43%, 37th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-862

## Description

Metabase versions before 0.63.1 fail to enforce data analyst permission checks on glossary API endpoints, allowing any authenticated user to create, modify, and delete glossary entries. Attackers can submit requests to POST, PUT, and DELETE glossary endpoints to tamper with instance-wide business glossary data without proper authorization.

## 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-2026-86116)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86116)
- [https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/metabase.md](https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/metabase.md)
- [https://github.com/metabase/metabase](https://github.com/metabase/metabase)
- [https://github.com/metabase/metabase/blob/v0.62.1/src/metabase/glossary/api.clj](https://github.com/metabase/metabase/blob/v0.62.1/src/metabase/glossary/api.clj)
- [https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/0a0589299cfd](https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/0a0589299cfd)
- [https://github.com/metabase/metabase/releases/tag/v0.63.1](https://github.com/metabase/metabase/releases/tag/v0.63.1)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/metabase-before-0.63.1-missing-function-level-authorization-on-the-glossary-management-api](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/metabase-before-0.63.1-missing-function-level-authorization-on-the-glossary-management-api)

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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-2026-86116 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-86116.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-86116 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:39.349Z