CVE-2018-8021
highpriority · attend · 68EPSS 0.534 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-45933Apache Superset < 0.23 - Remote Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db
affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-vxp9-wv2f-wqmwDeserialization of Untrusted Data in superset2018-11-09ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2018-742018-11-07vendor · osvUS
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.
also known as (6)
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sources
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243cnnvd
- https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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