# CVE-2022-39359: Metabase's GeoJSON validation doesn't prevent redirects to blocked URLs

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.41.9, 0.42.6, 0.43.7, 0.44.5, 1.41.9, and 3 more
- Published: 2022-10-26 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- metabase: fixed in 0.41.9; from 0.42.0, fixed in 0.42.6; from 0.43.0, fixed in 0.43.7; from 0.44.0, fixed in 0.44.5; from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.41.9; from 1.42.0, fixed in 1.42.6; from 1.43.0, fixed in 1.43.7; from 1.44.0, fixed in 1.44.5

## Description

Metabase is data visualization software. Prior to versions 0.44.5, 1.44.5, 0.43.7, 1.43.7, 0.42.6, 1.42.6, 0.41.9, and 1.41.9, custom GeoJSON map URL address would follow redirects to addresses that were otherwise disallowed, like link-local or private-network. This issue is patched in versions 0.44.5, 1.44.5, 0.43.7, 1.43.7, 0.42.6, 1.42.6, 0.41.9, and 1.41.9. Metabase no longer follow redirects on GeoJSON map URLs. An environment variable `MB_CUSTOM_GEOJSON_ENABLED` was also added to disable custom GeoJSON completely (`true` by default).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on metabase, upgrade to a fixed version (0.41.9, 0.42.6, 0.43.7, 0.44.5, 1.41.9) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w5j7-4mgm-77f4
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/057e2d67fcbeb6b48db68b697e022243e3a5771e

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