CVE-2021-44451
API sensitive information leak
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
CVE-2021-44451- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
API sensitive information leak
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
CVE-2021-44451- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0026 No score
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0026- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hhm3-48h2-597v
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Apache Superset
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
GHSA-hhm3-48h2-597v- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
CVE-2021-44451- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-hhm3-48h2-597v
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Apache Superset
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
GHSA-hhm3-48h2-597v- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-superset-2021-44451 No score
API sensitive information leak
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
BIT-superset-2021-44451- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2022-36 No score
Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.2 allowed for registered database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way. Users should upgrade to Apache Superset 1.4.0 or higher.
- Record
PYSEC-2022-36- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
apache-supersetPyPI |
before 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |
supersetBitnami |
before 1.3.3 | 1.3.3 |
apache-supersetPyPI |
before 1.4.0, plus listed versions 0.34.00.34.10.35.10.35.20.36.0 Show 12 moreShow less0.37.00.37.10.37.20.38.00.38.11.0.01.0.11.1.01.2.01.3.01.3.11.3.2 |
1.4.0 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Apache Superset <=1.3.2 - Default Login |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-44451 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Apache Superset, published February 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.86%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in apache-superset 1.4.0.