CVE-2018-8021 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in superset

What is CVE-2018-8021?

CVE-2018-8021 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Apache Superset, published on 7 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Versions of Superset prior to 0.23 used an unsafe load method from the pickle library to deserialize data leading to possible remote code execution. Note Superset 0.23 was released prior to any Superset release under the Apache Software Foundation.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8021?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including superset. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Superset.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8021?

Upgrade superset to a fixed version for your release line: 0.23 or 0.23.0.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2018-8021 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8021 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Superset

• CVE-2023-27524 Apache Superset Insecure Default Initialization of Resource Exploited High 8.9
• CVE-2022-27479 SQL injection vulnerability in chart data API Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-49657 Apache Superset: Stored XSS in Dashboard Title and Chart Title Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-43719 Apache Superset: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) on accept, request access API High 8.8
• CVE-2021-41971 Possible SQL Injection when template processing is enabled High 8.8

All Apache Superset vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vxp9-wv2f-wqmw, PYSEC-2018-74.