Vulnerability · Published Jan 16, 2023 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2022-41703Apache Superset: SQL injection vulnerability in adhoc clauses

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity SQL injection in Apache Superset from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the SQL Alchemy connector of Apache Superset allows an authenticated user with read access to a specific database to add subqueries to the WHERE and HAVING fields referencing tables on the same database that the user should not have access to, despite the user having the feature flag "ALLOW_ADHOC_SUBQUERY" disabled (default value). This issue affects Apache Superset version 1.5.2 and prior versions and version 2.0.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
PyPI	apache-superset	no fix listed	GHSA-cxvp-3frm-3876
PyPI	apache-superset	no fix listed	GHSA-cxvp-3frm-3876
PyPI	apache-superset	1.5.3, 2.0.1	PYSEC-2026-780

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Superset	2.0.0 – before 2.0.10 – through 1.5.2

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/g7jjw0okxjk5y57pbbxy19ydw42kqcos vendor-advisory