CVE-2024-24779 Apache Superset: Improper data authorization when creating a new dataset

What is CVE-2024-24779?

CVE-2024-24779 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Superset, published on 28 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Superset with custom roles that include `can write on dataset` and without all data access permissions, allows for users to create virtual datasets to data they don't have access to. These users could then use those virtual datasets to get access to unauthorized data. This issue affects Apache Superset: before 3.0.4, from 3.1.0 before 3.1.1.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.1.1 or 3.0.4, which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24779?

6 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-2024-24779?

Upgrade apache-superset to a fixed version for your release line: 3.0.4 or 3.1.1.

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

Is CVE-2024-24779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24779 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
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-superset-2024-24779, GHSA-wr6g-9wcr-cmqj, PYSEC-2026-1191.