CVE-2021-37839

mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.37% (72nd) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Apache Superset up to 1.5.1 allowed for authenticated users to access metadata information related to datasets they have no permission on. This metadata included the dataset name, columns and metrics.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-273USprimaryCWE-273US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache SupersetApache Superset → 1.5.1enisa_euvdEU
apache superset≤ 1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:superset:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami superset< 1.5.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/superset
PyPI apache-superset< 1.5.1osvUSpkg:pypi/apache-superset

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-748r-5r8q-273mApache Superset allows authenticated users to access metadata they have no permission to2022-07-07ghsa · osvUS
Apache Superset up to 1.5.1 allowed for authenticated users to access metadata information related to datasets they have no permission on. This metadata included the dataset name, columns and metrics.
BIT-superset-2021-37839Improper access to dataset metadata information2025-02-05vendor · osvUS
Apache Superset up to 1.5.1 allowed for authenticated users to access metadata information related to datasets they have no permission on. This metadata included the dataset name, columns and metrics.
PYSEC-2026-776Apache Superset allows authenticated users to access metadata they have no permission to2026-07-06vendor · osvUS
Apache Superset up to 1.5.1 allowed for authenticated users to access metadata information related to datasets they have no permission on. This metadata included the dataset name, columns and metrics.

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-07-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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