# CVE-2023-38646: Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 37 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2023-07-21 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Metabase open source before 0.46.6.1 and Metabase Enterprise before 1.46.6.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server, at the server's privilege level. Authentication is not required for exploitation. The other fixed versions are 0.45.4.1, 1.45.4.1, 0.44.7.1, 1.44.7.1, 0.43.7.2, and 1.43.7.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.metabase.com/blog/security-advisory
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/releases/tag/v0.46.6.1
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36812256
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/issues/32552
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174091/Metabase-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177138/Metabase-0.46.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/metabase_setup_token_rce.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-38646.yaml
- https://github.com/0utl4nder/Another-Metabase-RCE-CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/0xrobiul/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/AnvithLobo/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/Any3ite/cve-2023-38646-metabase-ReverseShell
- https://github.com/Boogipop/MetabaseRceTools
- https://github.com/BreezeGalaxy/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/CN016/Metabase-H2-CVE-2023-38646-
- https://github.com/Chocapikk/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/DaniTheHack3r/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/Ego1stoo/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/JayRyz/CVE-2023-38646-PoC-Metabase
- https://github.com/Kushiro45/metabase-cve-2023-38646
- https://github.com/NosrevytsNg/Metabase-Pre-Auth-RCE-POC
- https://github.com/Pumpkin-Garden/POC_Metabase_CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/Pyr0sec/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/Red4mber/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/UserConnecting/Exploit-CVE-2023-38646-Metabase
- https://github.com/Xuxfff/CVE-2023-38646-Poc
- https://github.com/Zenmovie/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/acesoyeo/METABASE-RCE-CVE-2023-38646-
- https://github.com/alexandre-pecorilla/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/asepsaepdin/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/birdm4nw/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/cleanmgr112/cve-2023-38646-poc
- https://github.com/fidjiw/CVE-2023-38646-POC
- https://github.com/j0yb0y0h/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/junnythemarksman/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/kh4sh3i/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/m3m0o/metabase-pre-auth-rce-poc
- https://github.com/nickswink/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/passwa11/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/raytheon0x21/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/robotmikhro/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/securezeron/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/shamo0/CVE-2023-38646-PoC
- https://github.com/threatHNTR/CVE-2023-38646
- https://github.com/yxl2001/CVE-2023-38646

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