Medium severity · published Oct 26, 2022
CVE-2022-39359
Metabase's GeoJSON validation doesn't prevent redirects to blocked URLs
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
metabase · metabase
< 0.41.9; >= 0.42.0, < 0.42.6; >= 0.43.0, < 0.43.7; >= 0.44.0, < 0.44.5; >= 1.0.0, < 1.41.9; >= 1.42.0, < 1.42.6; +2 more · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39359
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39359
Patch
https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/057e2d67fcbeb6b48db68b697e022243e3a5771e
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w5j7-4mgm-77f4
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