Authenticated server file creation via SQLite validation bypass
Published Sep 6, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Improper input validation in Apache Superset 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to register SQLite connections. The connection validator rejects only sqlite:// URIs, letting sqlite+pysqlite bypass the block, while database imports omit the same restriction. A user able to create or import database connections can create server-side files and, when SQLite stores Superset metadata, read or alter application configuration.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Apache Superset 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to register SQLite connections. The connection validator rejects only sqlite:// URIs, letting sqlite+pysqlite bypass the block, while database imports omit the same restriction. A user able to create or import database connections can create server-side files and, when SQLite stores Superset metadata, read or alter application configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-39265
- Published
- Sep 6, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Superset
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.1.0
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Public exploit references
- SQLite Access via SQLAlchemy URI Bypass demonstrationfunctional · demonstrated
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