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CVE-2023-49734: Apache Superset: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

An authenticated Gamma user has the ability to create a dashboard and add charts to it, this user would automatically become one of the owners of the charts allowing him to incorrectly have write permissions to these charts.This issue affects Apache Superset: before 2.1.2, from 3.0.0 before 3.0.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.0.2 or 2.1.3, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

• Apache Superset: before 2.1.2; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.2 — fixed in 2.1.2, 3.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Superset 2.1.2, 3.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/19/3
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/985h6ltvtbvdoysso780kkj7x744cds5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/19/3
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/985h6ltvtbvdoysso780kkj7x744cds5

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