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CVE-2021-41277

high CISA KEV

Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Metabase — Metabase

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map (`admin->settings->maps->custom maps->add a map`) support and potential local file inclusion (including environment variables). URLs were not validated prior to being loaded. This issue is fixed in a new maintenance release (0.40.5 and 1.40.5), and any subsequent release after that. If you’re unable to upgrade immediately, you can mitigate this by including rules in your reverse proxy or load balancer or WAF to provide a validation filter before the application.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2021-11-17 20:15
Modified: 2026-10-08 10:34
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2024-11-12 · due 2024-12-03
Known ransomware use: Unknown

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected products

metabase / metabase 0.40.0, 0.40.1, 0.40.2, 0.40.3, 0.40.4, 1.40.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/042a36e49574c749f944e19cf80360fd3dc322f0
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfr
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/042a36e49574c749f944e19cf80360fd3dc322f0
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfr

References

Data sources

CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗

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