Skip to content
Heist/ feed
Back to feed
High

dbt: Unauthenticated Arbitrary SQL Execution in `dbt docs serve`

Type: advisorySources: OSV

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. From 2.0.0-alpha.0 until 2.0.0-alpha.5, dbt docs serve exposes the unauthenticated POST /api/v1/query endpoint in crates/dbt-docs-server/src/handlers/query.rs, which passes caller-supplied SQL to DuckDbViewsBackend::query_arrow() in crates/dbt-index-core/src/backend.rs without authorization or an allowlist. A client that can reach the server can invoke DuckDB filesystem-reading functions to read files available to the dbt process, including files outside the docs index directory. The server binds to localhost by default, but operators can expose it to a network through the host option or DBT_DOCS_HOST setting. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0-alpha.5.

Products
Not specified
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-100406
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 04:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

dbt: Unauthenticated Arbitrary SQL Execution in `dbt docs serve`

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Oct 2026, 18:27 UTC

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. From 2.0.0-alpha.0 until 2.0.0-alpha.5, dbt docs serve exposes the unauthenticated POST /api/v1/query endpoint in crates/dbt-docs-server/src/handlers/query.rs, which passes caller-supplied SQL to DuckDbViewsBackend::query_arrow() in crates/dbt-index-core/src/backend.rs without authorization or an allowlist. A client that can reach the server can invoke DuckDB filesystem-reading functions to read files available to the dbt process, including files outside the docs index directory. The server binds to localhost by default, but operators can expose it to a network through the host option or DBT_DOCS_HOST setting. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0-alpha.5.

osv:CVE-2026-100406
Complete source record
{
  "id": "167e77e56511ca02fd2a7756985d2124c1df9189714938cf4e89eaa5b9384af5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-100406",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "dbt: Unauthenticated Arbitrary SQL Execution in `dbt docs serve`",
    "summary": "dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. From 2.0.0-alpha.0 until 2.0.0-alpha.5, dbt docs serve exposes the unauthenticated POST /api/v1/query endpoint in crates/dbt-docs-server/src/handlers/query.rs, which passes caller-supplied SQL to DuckDbViewsBackend::query_arrow() in crates/dbt-index-core/src/backend.rs without authorization or an allowlist. A client that can reach the server can invoke DuckDB filesystem-reading functions to read files available to the dbt process, including files outside the docs index directory. The server binds to localhost by default, but operators can expose it to a network through the host option or DBT_DOCS_HOST setting. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0-alpha.5.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-100406",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-100406",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-100406",
        "GHSA-h2j2-2r7g-rff8"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a994adfd08995108d79e21a3b1d19e09c9a12463"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3a5d26fe02b58382720d04cbd87143b7b6775413"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.0-alpha.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.0-alpha.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "3a5d26fe02b58382720d04cbd87143b7b6775413"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "a994adfd08995108d79e21a3b1d19e09c9a12463"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v2.0.0-alpha.5"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.11.0b4",
            "v1.4.0b1",
            "v1.3.0b2",
            "v1.3.0b1",
            "v1.2.0b1",
            "v1.1.0b1",
            "v1.0.0rc3",
            "v1.0.0rc2",
            "v1.0.0rc1",
            "v1.0.0b2",
            "v1.0.0b1",
            "v0.21.0b1",
            "v0.20.0rc1",
            "v0.20.0b1",
            "v0.19.0rc2",
            "v0.19.0rc1",
            "v0.19.0b1",
            "v0.18.0",
            "v0.18.0rc1",
            "v0.18.0b2",
            "v0.16.0b3",
            "v0.16.0b1",
            "v0.15.0",
            "0.11.1",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.1",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.9.0a2",
            "v0.9.0a1",
            "v0.8.3",
            "v0.8.2",
            "v0.8.1",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.1",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.2",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "0.5.2",
            "v0.5.1",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.7",
            "0.4.1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "0.3.0",
            "v0.2.3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-100406.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.508649703Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.5",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/100xxx/CVE-2026-100406.json",
        "https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/security/advisories/GHSA-h2j2-2r7g-rff8",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100406",
        "https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/commit/3a5d26fe02b58382720d04cbd87143b7b6775413"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-200",
          "CWE-22",
          "CWE-306"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/100xxx/CVE-2026-100406.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-100406",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 518062,
  "published_at": "2026-10-14T18:27:24.863+00:00"
}