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CVE-2021-37839: Improper access to dataset metadata information

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 72.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: apache-superset (PyPI) 1.5.1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to apache-superset (PyPI) 1.5.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Jul 6, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 72th percentile

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Action score

17

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

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VendorProduct
apachesuperset

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Superset

    • Apache Superset and later · before 1.5.1affected

Affected versions

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  • apache supersetup to 1.5.1 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIapache-supersetbefore 1.5.11.5.1

Same product

apache: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-27524Apache Superset: Session validation vulnerability when using provided default SECRET_KEYKEV
    98Now
  • CVE-2023-39265Apache Superset: Possible Unauthorized Registration of SQLite Database Connections
    60This week
  • CVE-2018-8021Versions of Superset prior to 0.23 used an unsafe load method from the pickle library to deserialize data leading to possible remote code…
    55Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-44451Feb 1, 2022 · API sensitive information leak
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-27479Apr 13, 2022 · SQL injection vulnerability in chart data API
    40Plan
  • Later →CVE-2022-41703Jan 16, 2023 · Apache Superset: SQL injection vulnerability in adhoc clauses
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
PyPI:apache-superset1.5.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Credits

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National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-273 · Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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