CVE-2018-8021 (GCVE-0-2018-8021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-07 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:46
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • RCE
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1060 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
unspecified Superset Affected: prior to 0.23
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Date Public
2018-11-06 00:00
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