Role creation via missing security API authorization
Published Dec 9, 2024 · Updated Feb 12, 2025
Improper authorization in Apache Superset before 4.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to create roles through the security API. When FAB_ADD_SECURITY_API is enabled, the Flask-AppBuilder role endpoint accepts role-creation requests from lower-privileged accounts without enforcing the administrator-only authorization boundary. The affected range begins at 2.0.0, and exploitation requires a logged-in lower-privileged account because the feature is disabled by default.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in Apache Superset before 4.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to create roles through the security API. When FAB_ADD_SECURITY_API is enabled, the Flask-AppBuilder role endpoint accepts role-creation requests from lower-privileged accounts without enforcing the administrator-only authorization boundary. The affected range begins at 2.0.0, and exploitation requires a logged-in lower-privileged account because the feature is disabled by default.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53949
- Published
- Dec 9, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 12, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Superset
- Classifications
- CWE-863
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.0.0 <4.1.0
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