CVE-2018-8021
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Apache Superset < 0.23 - Remote Code Execution
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8021
- https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243
- https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/4243
- https://github.com/apache/superset/commit/2c72a7ae4fc0a8bac1f037a79efa90e1c5549710
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxp9-wv2f-wqmw
- https://github.com/apache/superset
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/superset/PYSEC-2018-74.yaml
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.