CVE-2023-36387

Apache Superset: Improper API permission for low privilege users

5.4 MediumFix available

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

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: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

1.13%Up 1.1 points since Sep 7, 2023

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

Apache Superset: Improper API permission for low privilege users

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: CVE-2023-36387
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-2476 5.4

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: EUVD-2023-2476
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9832-mgg4-3gr6 5.4

Apache Superset has improper default REST API permission for Gamma users

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: GHSA-9832-mgg4-3gr6
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-281, CWE-863, CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.4

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: CVE-2023-36387
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.4

Apache Superset: Improper API permission for low privilege users

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: CVE-2023-36387
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-9832-mgg4-3gr6 5.4

Apache Superset has improper default REST API permission for Gamma users

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: GHSA-9832-mgg4-3gr6
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-281, CWE-863, CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVPYSEC-2026-1168 5.4

Apache Superset has improper default REST API permission for Gamma users

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: PYSEC-2026-1168
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVBIT-superset-2023-36387 No score

Apache Superset: Improper API permission for low privilege users

An improper default REST API permission for Gamma users in Apache Superset up to and including 2.1.0 allows for an authenticated Gamma user to test database connections.

Record: BIT-superset-2023-36387
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`apache-superset` PyPI	through 2.1.0	None known
`superset` Bitnami	before 2.1.1	2.1.1
`apache-superset` PyPI	through 2.1.0, plus listed versions 0.34.00.34.10.35.10.35.20.36.0 Show 21 moreShow less 0.37.00.37.10.37.20.38.00.38.11.0.01.0.11.1.01.2.01.3.01.3.11.3.21.4.01.4.11.4.21.5.01.5.11.5.21.5.32.0.02.0.1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, published	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-36387 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Apache Superset, published September 6, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.13%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in superset 2.1.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

What an attacker can affect

Exploit likelihood

What each source reports

Affected products

Affected packages

History

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