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CVE-2023-49734: Apache Superset: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • 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: 0.95% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 61.4% 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 Software Foundation Apache Superset 2.1.2, 3.0.2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Superset 2.1.2, 3.0.2 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

An authenticated Gamma user has the ability to create a dashboard and add charts to it, this user would automatically become one of the owners of the charts allowing him to incorrectly have write permissions to these charts.This issue affects Apache Superset: before 2.1.2, from 3.0.0 before 3.0.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.2 or 2.1.3, which fixes the issue.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 19, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 61th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.5
CNA · apache
7.7
1.2 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
apachesuperset

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apache supersetbefore 2.1.2
  • apache superset3.0.0 and later · before 3.0.2

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

    • before 2.1.2affected · semver
    • 3.0.0 and later · before 3.0.2affected · semver

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIapache-supersetfrom 3.0.0 · before 3.0.23.0.2
PyPIapache-supersetbefore 2.1.32.1.3

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 ex
    55Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-42504Nov 28, 2023 · Apache Superset: Lack of rate limiting allows for possible denial of service
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-46104Dec 19, 2023 · Apache Superset: Allows for uncontrolled resource consumption via a ZIP bomb
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-49736Dec 19, 2023 · Apache Superset: SQL Injection on where_in JINJA macro
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache Superset2.1.2Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache Superset3.0.2Vendor (CNA)
PyPI:apache-superset2.1.3Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:apache-superset3.0.2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2023-4061022 days apartApache Superset: Privilege escalation with default examples database
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-53949356 days apartApache Superset: Lower privilege users are able to create Role when FAB_ADD_SECURITY_API is enabled
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2024-55633359 days apartApache Superset: SQLLab Improper readonly query validation allows unauthorized write access
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2477371 days apartApache Superset: Improper validation of SQL statements allows for unauthorized access to data
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2477971 days apartApache Superset: Improper data authorization when creating a new dataset
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2601671 days apartApache Superset: Improper authorization validation on dashboards and charts import
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

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
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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