CVE-2020-13952 Plaintext password leak in Apache Superset
Authenticated users can access sensitive metadata, hashed passwords, and connection credentials, and bypass internal security controls via templated fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-13952?
CVE-2020-13952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, published on 30 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the course of work on the open source project it was discovered that authenticated users running queries against Hive and Presto database engines could access information via a number of templated fields including the contents of query description metadata database, the hashed version of the authenticated users’ password, and access to connection information including the plaintext password for the current connection. It would also be possible to run arbitrary methods on the database connection object for the Presto or Hive connection, allowing the user to bypass security controls internal to Superset. This vulnerability is present in every Apache Superset version < 0.37.2.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13952?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-superset and superset. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-superset PyPI | All versions | 0.37.2 |
apache-superset PyPI | All versions | 0.37.2 |
apache-superset PyPI | All versions | 0.37.2 |
superset Bitnami | All versions | 0.37.2 |
Products include Apache Superset.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13952?
Upgrade apache-superset to 0.37.2 or later.
Is CVE-2020-13952 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13952 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Superset
- CVE-2023-27524 Apache Superset Insecure Default Initialization of Resource
- CVE-2022-27479 SQL injection vulnerability in chart data API
- CVE-2018-8021 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in superset
- CVE-2023-49657 Apache Superset: Stored XSS in Dashboard Title and Chart Title
- CVE-2022-43719 Apache Superset: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) on accept, request access API
Sources
Also known as BIT-superset-2020-13952, GHSA-77pw-c3j2-5fc8, PYSEC-2020-223.