# CVE-2022-24854: Database bypassing any permissions in Metabase via SQlite attach

> An attacker with SQL permissions can bypass access controls to read data from other SQLite databases by using the ATTACH DATABASE feature.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vm79-xvmp-7329

## What is CVE-2022-24854?

CVE-2022-24854 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metabase, published on 14 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Metabase is an open source business intelligence and analytics application. SQLite has an FDW-like feature called `ATTACH DATABASE`, which allows connecting multiple SQLite databases via the initial connection. If the attacker has SQL permissions to at least one SQLite database, then it can attach this database to a second database, and then it can query across all the tables. To be able to do that the attacker also needs to know the file path to the second database. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. If you're unable to upgrade, you can modify your SQLIte connection strings to contain the url argument `?limit_attached=0`, which will disallow making connections to other SQLite databases. Only users making use of SQLite are affected.

Weakness: CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24854?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metabase Metabase.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-24854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-24854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in metabase

- [CVE-2026-72898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72898/): Metabase SQL Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-41277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41277/): Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-50148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50148/): Metabase: Remote Code Execution via Snowflake JDBC Driver Arbitrary File Write (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-37470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37470/): Metabase vulnerable to remote code execution via POST /api/setup/validate API endpoint (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-59827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-59827/): Metabase: Unsafe Deserialization of H2 Query Results (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24854 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-24854 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in metabase, published on 14 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: metabase. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24854/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24854/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24854
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24854
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24854

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24854/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.