CVE-2026-44970dbt-mcp: All MCP Tool Arguments Including Raw SQL and --vars Credentials Transmitted to dbt Labs Telemetry by Default Without Redaction
- 3.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
dbt-mcp is a Model Context Protocol server for interacting with dbt. Prior to 1.17.1, DefaultUsageTracker.emit_tool_called_event() in src/dbt_mcp/tracking/tracking.py serialized every MCP tool call's complete arguments dictionary and sent it through dbtlabs_vortex.producer.log_proto without redaction, including sql_query from show, vars from run, build, and test, and node_selection from compile, while usage_tracking_enabled in settings.py enabled telemetry by default unless DBT_SEND_ANONYMOUS_USAGE_STATS=false or DO_NOT_TRACK=1 was set. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.1.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-jj54-r8gm-2fcf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 68% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.1.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIdbt-mcpGHSA-jj54-r8gm-2fcf (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-jj54-r8gm-2fcf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/pull/752 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/commit/6534507b5e7a729758d5baece155602cad0bb22f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-mcp/releases/tag/v1.17.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-44992 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jj54-r8gm-2fcf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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