CVE-2023-23629 [Medium] | Information Disclosure in Metabase

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. Affected versions are subject to Improper Privilege Management. As intended, recipients of dashboards subscriptions can view the data as seen by the creator of that subscription. This allows someone with greater access to data to create a dashboard subscription, add people with fewer data privileges, and all recipients of that subscription receive the same data: the charts shown in the email would abide by the privileges of the user who created the subscription. The issue is users with fewer privileges who can view a dashboard are able to add themselves to a dashboard subscription created by someone with additional data privileges, and thus get access to more data via email. This issue is patched in versions 0.43.7.1, 1.43.7.1, 0.44.6.1, 1.44.6.1, 0.45.2.1, and 1.45.2.1. On Metabase instances running Enterprise Edition, admins can disable the "Subscriptions and Alerts" permission for groups that have restricted data permissions, as a workaround.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-01-29	0.04%	0.06%	+0.01%
2	2025-11-21	0.15%	0.04%	-0.11%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.15%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-01-29

0.04%

0.06%

+0.01%

2025-11-21

0.15%

0.04%

-0.11%

2025-11-18

—

0.15%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.3	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:L) Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.	2.1	4.2	[email protected]
6.3	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.1	4.2	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.3

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L): Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.

2.1

4.2

[email protected]

6.3

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.1

4.2

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-23629

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
metabase	metabase	< 0.43.7.1	cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase::::::::
metabase	metabase	>= 0.44.0, < 0.44.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase::::::::
metabase	metabase	>= 0.45.0, < 0.45.2.1	cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase::::::::
metabase	metabase	>= 1.0.0, < 1.43.7.1	cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase::::::::
metabase	metabase	>= 1.44.0, < 1.44.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase::::::::
metabase	metabase	>= 1.45.0, < 1.45.2.1	cpe:2.3:a:metabase:metabase::::::::

References for CVE-2023-23629

URL	Tags
https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-ch8f-hhq9-7gv5	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2023-23629 | Metabase subject to Improper Privilege Management

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-23629

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-23629

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-23629

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-23629

References for CVE-2023-23629