{"id":"CVE-2018-8021","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-8021","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:41:39.011Z","title":"Versions of Superset prior to 0.23 used an unsafe load method from the pickle library to deserialize data leading to possible remote code execution.","description":"Versions of Superset prior to 0.23 used an unsafe load method from the pickle library to deserialize data leading to possible remote code execution. Note Superset 0.23 was released prior to any Superset release under the Apache Software Foundation.","published":"2018-11-07T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:04:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-502"],"affected":["apache/superset"],"epss":{"score":0.5341,"percentile":0.98983,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.43755,"percentile":0.98724},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.52758,"percentile":0.9892}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-12-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":45933,"kind":"exploit","title":"Apache Superset < 0.23 - Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/webapps/45933.py","file":"exploits/linux/webapps/45933.py","published":"2018-12-03","added":"2018-12-03","updated":"2018-12-05","author":"David May","type":"webapps","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-8021"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comincubator-superset-0.22.0.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.52758,"from":0.43755,"percentile":0.9892},"summary":"EPSS moved from 43.8% to 52.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4243","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45933/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8021","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}