🛡️ CVE-2021-41971 — apache-superset

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-89 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Apache Superset SQL Injection when template processing is enabled

Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.0 when configured with ENABLE_TEMPLATE_PROCESSING on (disabled by default) allowed SQL injection when a malicious authenticated user sends an http request with a custom URL.

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. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-41971 is classified as CWE-89: SQL Injection. Untrusted input is concatenated into an SQL statement, letting an attacker change the query and reach data the request should not return.

Affected software

CVE-2021-41971 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • apache-superset (fixed in 1.3.1)
  • superset

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 5 February 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

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

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-89
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-02-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
apache-superset — 1.3.1
superset — —

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