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🛡️ CVE-2021-37839 — apache-superset

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-273 OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache Superset allows authenticated users to access metadata they have no permission to

Apache Superset up to 1.5.1 allowed for authenticated users to access metadata information related to datasets they have no permission on. This metadata included the dataset name, columns and metrics.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-37839 is classified as CWE-273: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges. The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.

Affected software

CVE-2021-37839 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • apache-superset (fixed in 1.5.1)
  • superset

Timeline and source

Published on 6 July 2026 and last revised on 7 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.apache.org (Web)
pypi.org (Package)
github.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

apache-superset has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-273: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges) in other software:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-273
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
apache-superset — 1.5.1
superset — —

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