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CVE-2018-8021

72
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8021 affects Apache Superset versions prior to 0.23, stemming from the unsafe deserialization of data using the pickle library's load method. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows for unauthenticated remote code execution with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB (EDB-45933), and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:superset:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
52.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45933 · Dec 3, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5276 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: supersetFixed in: 0.23

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-vxp9-wv2f-wqmwcritical

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in superset

Nov 9, 2018

References

github.com / apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243
PatchThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45933
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry