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CVE-2024-53949: Apache Superset: Lower privilege users are able to create Role when FAB_ADD_SECURITY_API is enabled

HighCVSS 7.6 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • 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: 0.71% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 54.2% 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 4.1.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Superset 4.1.0 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

Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Superset when FAB_ADD_SECURITY_API is enabled (disabled by default). Allows for lower privilege users to use this API.  issue affects Apache Superset: from 2.0.0 before 4.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.0, which fixes the issue.

Published
Dec 9, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.7% · 54th percentile

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · apache
7.6
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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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

    • 2.0.0 and later · before 4.1.0affected · semver

Affected versions

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  • apache superset2.0.0 and later · before 4.1.0

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIapache-supersetfrom 2.0.0 · before 4.1.04.1.0

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-2024-53947Dec 9, 2024 · Apache Superset: Improper SQL authorisation, parse not checking for specific postgres functions
    9Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-53948Dec 9, 2024 · Apache Superset: Error verbosity exposes metadata in analytics databases
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-55633Dec 12, 2024 · Apache Superset: SQLLab Improper readonly query validation allows unauthorized write access
    29Monitor

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 Superset4.1.0Vendor (CNA)
PyPI:apache-superset4.1.0Package 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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Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2023-40610378 days apartApache Superset: Privilege escalation with default examples database
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-556333 days apartApache Superset: SQLLab Improper readonly query validation allows unauthorized write access
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2026-23982442 days apartApache Superset: Improper Authorization in Dataset Creation Allows Access Control Bypass
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-23984442 days apartApache Superset: SQLLab Read-Only Bypass on PostgreSQL
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2024-24773285 days apartApache Superset: Improper validation of SQL statements allows for unauthorized access to data
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2024-24779285 days apartApache Superset: Improper data authorization when creating a new dataset
    26Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

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
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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References

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