Resource exhaustion in Apache Superset - CVE-2023-42504
Published: January 31, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85977
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42504
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can initiate multiple concurrent requests, each requesting multiple dashboard exports and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Apache Superset
How to mitigate CVE-2023-42504
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Superset - update to 2.1.3