# CVE-2026-44718: Mathesar: Missing collaborator checks allowed access to saved explorations in other databases

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.0
- Published: 2026-05-15 · Updated: 2026-05-18

## Affected

- mathesar-foundation mathesar: from 0.2.0, fixed in 0.10.0

## Description

Mathesar is a web application that makes working with PostgreSQL databases both simple and powerful. From 0.2.0 to before 0.10.0, explorations.get, explorations.replace, and explorations.delete operate on an exploration_id without verifying that the requesting user was a collaborator on the exploration’s database. An authenticated user on the same Mathesar installation who knew or guessed an exploration ID could read, replace, or delete a saved exploration belonging to a database where they were not a collaborator. This affected Mathesar-managed saved exploration definitions, including names, descriptions, selected columns, display metadata, filters, sorting, and transformations. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mathesar-foundation mathesar, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar/security/advisories/GHSA-wf8r-g5rp-w69f

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