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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-08-17 05:55

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Apache Superset: Improper Authorization in Chart Update allowing Dashboard Modification

Details

An Improper Authorization vulnerability exists in Apache Superset allowing an authenticated user with permissions to update charts to modify dashboards they do not own. When updating a chart's properties via the REST API, a user can provide a list of dashboard IDs (dashboards) to associate the chart with. The validation logic in the UpdateChartCommand failed to verify that the user had write permissions for the target dashboards specified in the request body.

This issue affects Apache Superset: before 6.0.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.0.0, which fixes the issue.

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CVE-2026-23981 (GCVE-0-2026-23981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-30 16:08 – Updated: 2026-07-30 19:35

Title

Apache Superset: Improper Authorization in Chart Update allowing Dashboard Modification

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-30 19:35 UTC

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

apache mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/k7q9z27t901xvqnkw…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/30/6

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Superset	Affected: 0.0.0 , < 6.0.0 (semver)

Credits

Đỗ Thành Đạt Daniel Gaspar

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