GHSA-748r-5r8q-273m BIT-superset-2021-37839 CVE-2021-37839 PYSEC-2026-776
Apache Superset allows authenticated users to access metadata they have no permission to
- Severity
- 4.3 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 1.37%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 71.95% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
- Fix
1.5.1- Upgrade apache-superset to this version or later
Description
Apache Superset up to 1.5.1 allowed for authenticated users to access metadata information related to datasets they have no permission on. This metadata included the dataset name, columns and metrics.
Affected versions
PyPI
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| apache-superset | < 1.5.1 |
1.5.1 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
apache-superset PyPI → 1.5.1
- pip
pip install --upgrade "apache-superset>=1.5.1"- poetry
poetry add "apache-superset>=1.5.1"- uv
uv add "apache-superset>=1.5.1"
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-273: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
- Implementation: Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is expected.
- Implementation: In Windows, make sure that the process token has the SeImpersonatePrivilege(Microsoft Server 2003). Code that relies on impersonation for security must ensure that the impersonation succeeded, i.e., that a proper privilege demotion happened.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c Apache superset missing check for default SECRET_KEY | Critical Known exploited | Also affects apache-superset |
| GHSA-mwf2-qr4v-94h2 Apache Superset: Read-Only Bypass via Improper Input Validation on PostgreSQL Connections | Medium | Also affects apache-superset |
| GHSA-h294-8fxm-m2pj Apache Superset allows authenticated users to view sensitive data without explicit permissions | Medium | Also affects apache-superset |
| GHSA-3m2g-v7jf-7fxc Apache Superset Improper Authorization allows low-privileged users to bypass access controls | Medium | Also affects apache-superset |
| GHSA-gvxg-9hqx-f4rg Apache Superset allows privileged users to conduct error-based SQL Injection | Medium | Also affects apache-superset |
| GHSA-48m2-v2r8-h23m Apache Superset: Incomplete DISALLOWED_SQL_FUNCTIONS default list for ClickHouse engine | Medium | Also affects apache-superset |
| GHSA-mhpq-m962-mg92 Apache Superset allows authenticated users to discover metadata about datasources they don't have permission to access | Medium | Also affects apache-superset |
| GHSA-fxgf-3xh6-m2pp Apache Superset has bypass of `DISALLOWED_SQL_FUNCTIONS` that allows execution of blocked SQL functions | Medium | Also affects apache-superset |
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