Lightdash up to 0.3213.0 Webhook projectController.ts testWebhook accountId/runId path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Lightdash up to 0.3213.0. The impacted element is the function testWebhook of the file packages/backend/src/controllers/projectController.ts of the component Webhook. Executing a manipulation of the argument accountId/runId can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-61576. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Lightdash up to 0.3213.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function testWebhook of the file packages/backend/src/controllers/projectController.ts of the component Webhook. The manipulation of the argument accountId/runId with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Lightdash is an open source business intelligence platform. In affected versions through 0.3213.0, the dbt Cloud webhook `POST /api/v1/projects/{projectUuid}/dbt-cloud/webhook` has no authentication middleware or signature validation. In `packages/backend/src/controllers/projectController.ts`, `testWebhook()` accepts `accountId` and `runId` from a `job.run.completed` request and passes them to `createPreviewWithExplores()` in `packages/backend/src/services/ProjectService/ProjectService.ts`. These unsanitized values are interpolated into the server-side dbt Cloud API URL, which is requested with the victim project's API key in the `Authorization` header. Path traversal through `accountId` changes the requested path on `cloud.getdbt.com` without changing its host, so the credential-bearing request reaches an attacker-influenced path on that fixed host. The advisory claims API-key theft, but the supplied evidence does not establish that the attacker can observe the `Authorization` header. The unauthenticated webhook also allows preview creation. The target must be a `dbt Cloud IDE` project and the attacker must know its `projectUuid`; the UUID is not enumerable but can be discovered in shared or multi-tenant contexts. Version 0.3214.0 fixes identifier path traversal and verifies webhook HMAC signatures only when a secret is configured; without a secret, unsigned webhooks continue to be processed.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-61576 since 07/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 0.3214.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Lightdash

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• 0.3213

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• Product: https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash/

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