CVE-2023-42501 Apache Superset: Unnecessary read permissions within the Gamma role

What is CVE-2023-42501?

CVE-2023-42501 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Superset, published on 27 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unnecessary read permissions within the Gamma role would allow authenticated users to read configured CSS templates and annotations. This issue affects Apache Superset: before 2.1.2. Users should upgrade to version or above 2.1.2 and run `superset init` to reconstruct the Gamma role or remove `can_read` permission from the mentioned resources.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42501?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-superset and superset. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Superset.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42501?

Upgrade apache-superset to 2.1.2 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-42501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2018-8021 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in superset 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

All Apache Superset vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-superset-2023-42501, GHSA-vv65-fjfj-4736, PYSEC-2026-1188.