{"cve":"CVE-2018-8021","nvd":{"published":"2018-11-07T14:29:00.947","modified":"2026-06-17T02:04:06.637","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"references":["https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/","https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/"],"products":["apache:superset"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:59.789560037+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-8021","score":0.5341,"percentile":0.98989,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-vxp9-wv2f-wqmw","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vxp9-wv2f-wqmw","summary":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data in superset","modified":"2024-10-28T14:34:15.501433Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"superset","purl":"pkg:pypi/superset","ranges":["<0.23"],"fixed":["0.23"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2018-74","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2018-74","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T04:00:24.303818Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"superset","purl":"pkg:pypi/superset","ranges":["<0.23.0"],"fixed":["0.23.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}