CVE-2022-45438: Apache Superset: Dashboard metadata information leak

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-668

Description

When explicitly enabling the feature flag DASHBOARD_CACHE (disabled by default), the system allowed for an unauthenticated user to access dashboard configuration metadata using a REST API Get endpoint. This issue affects Apache Superset version 1.5.2 and prior versions and version 2.0.0.

Affected products

Apache Superset: through 1.5.2; 2.0.0, 2.0.0-rc1, 2.0.0-rc2

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/snxbkf2x9kww7s0wkmydct9nhqqn9rv9
https://lists.apache.org/thread/snxbkf2x9kww7s0wkmydct9nhqqn9rv9

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