CVE-2026-44968 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2026-44968MEDIUM

dbt-labs dbt-mcp — dbt-mcp: Argument Injection in dbt CLI Tool Wrappers via node_selection and resource_type Parameters

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   H   L   N  U  H  H  N    6.3   .0017    7.0     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions    Fixed
  dbt-mcp  < 1.17.1 –  —

TIMELINE
  May 8   Reserved by GitHub_M
  Jul 16  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44968 (dbt-labs dbt-mcp). Public exploit reference added.
  Jul 16  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)

CWE-88 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

dbt-mcp is a Model Context Protocol server for interacting with dbt. Prior to 1.17.1, _run_dbt_command() in src/dbt_mcp/dbt_cli/tools.py appended unsanitized node_selection and resource_type values to the dbt subprocess argument list, allowing an MCP client to inject dbt global flags such as --profiles-dir, --project-dir, and --target into subprocess.Popen even though shell=False prevents shell metacharacter injection. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.1.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 8, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitHub_M
July 16, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44968 (dbt-labs dbt-mcp). Public exploit reference added.
July 16, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitHub_M)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
dbt-labs	dbt-mcp	—	< 1.17.1	—

Weaknesses

CWE-88

References (4)

https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/commit/6534507b5e7a729758d5baece155602cad0bb22f [Patch]
https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/pull/752 [Issue Tracking, Patch]
https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/releases/tag/v1.17.1 [Release Notes]
https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-xpww-f6pm-cfhq [Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44968 at cve.org

Vendors: dbt-labs

Weaknesses: CWE-88

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