CVE-2018-8021

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 53.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

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.

Affected products

Apache Superset: before 0.23 — fixed in 0.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Superset 0.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/
https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/

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