# CVE-2026-44969: dbt-mcp: Tool Arguments Including SQL Queries and Credentials Logged in Plaintext Without Redaction When File Logging Is Enabled

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2441, GHSA-7XGW-6QF3-7W59
- Severity: CVSS 2.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.17.1
- Published: 2026-07-16 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- dbt-labs dbt-mcp: fixed in 1.17.1
- dbt-mcp (PyPI): fixed in 1.17.1

## Description

dbt-mcp is a Model Context Protocol server for interacting with dbt. Prior to 1.17.1, DbtMCP.call_tool() in src/dbt_mcp/mcp/server.py logged the raw arguments dictionary at INFO level before each tool call and at ERROR level on exceptions, and configure_file_logging() wrote those records to dbt-mcp.log when DBT_MCP_SERVER_FILE_LOGGING=true, preserving sensitive sql_query, vars, and node_selection values in plaintext without automatic rotation or deletion. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dbt-labs dbt-mcp, dbt-mcp, upgrade to a fixed version (1.17.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-7xgw-6qf3-7w59
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/pull/752
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/commit/6534507b5e7a729758d5baece155602cad0bb22f
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/releases/tag/v1.17.1

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