# CVE-2026-61576: Lightdash: Unauthenticated dbt Cloud webhook with path injection leaks API key

Lightdash versions before 0.3214.0 with dbt Cloud IDE projects accept an unauthenticated dbt Cloud webhook request. Fixed in 0.3214.0.

- Also known as: GHSA-3594-HHM2-76FJ, EUVD-2026-113389
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Unclear
- Fixed in: 0.3214.0
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

Lightdash, an open source business intelligence platform, is affected when its dbt Cloud webhook accepts unauthenticated requests. An attacker who knows a project's ID could trigger server-side requests to dbt Cloud that carry the project's API key and create unauthorized previews.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- lightdash: fixed in 0.3214.0

## Description

Lightdash is an open source business intelligence platform. In affected versions through 0.3213.0, the dbt Cloud webhook `POST /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dbt-cloud/webhook` has no authentication middleware or signature validation. In `packages/backend/src/controllers/projectController.ts`, `testWebhook()` accepts `accountId` and `runId` from a `job.run.completed` request and passes them to `createPreviewWithExplores()` in `packages/backend/src/services/ProjectService/ProjectService.ts`. These unsanitized values are interpolated into the server-side dbt Cloud API URL, which is requested with the victim project's API key in the `Authorization` header. Path traversal through `accountId` changes the requested path on `cloud.getdbt.com` without changing its host, so the credential-bearing request reaches an attacker-influenced path on that fixed host. The advisory claims API-key theft, but the supplied evidence does not establish that the attacker can observe the `Authorization` header. The unauthenticated webhook also allows preview creation. The target must be a `dbt Cloud IDE` project and the attacker must know its `projectUuid`; the UUID is not enumerable but can be discovered in shared or multi-tenant contexts. Version 0.3214.0 fixes identifier path traversal and verifies webhook HMAC signatures only when a secret is configured; without a secret, unsigned webhooks continue to be processed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lightdash, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3214.0) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### What does this mean?

The dbt Cloud webhook endpoint can be called without logging in, and the caller can trigger preview creation in a project. The supplied evidence does not establish the API key leak named in the advisory title.

Source: https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/security/advisories/GHSA-3594-hhm2-76fj

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

Lightdash versions before 0.3214.0 are affected, but only for projects that are dbt Cloud IDE projects, and the caller must know the project's projectUuid. Check the deployed Lightdash version and whether any project uses the dbt Cloud IDE.

Source: https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/security/advisories/GHSA-3594-hhm2-76fj

### What should I do about it?

Upgrade to Lightdash 0.3214.0 or later, which is the first patched version. Until the upgrade is applied, block POST /api/v1/projects/*/dbt-cloud/webhook at the ingress or reverse proxy.

Source: https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/security/advisories/GHSA-3594-hhm2-76fj

### Is it being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-61576

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## References

- https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/security/advisories/GHSA-3594-hhm2-76fj
- https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/pull/24587
- https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/commit/8d1d9bb6804bbea66a7bdf1b9b00092665382f14
- https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/releases/tag/0.3214.0

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