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CVE-2020-13948

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 3.08%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-09-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It affects Apache. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2020-13948
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.08%
Apache

Original NVD Description

While investigating a bug report on Apache Superset, it was determined that an authenticated user could craft requests via a number of templated text fields in the product that would allow arbitrary access to Python’s `os` package in the web application process in versions < 0.37.1. It was thus possible for an authenticated user to list and access files, environment variables, and process information. Additionally it was possible to set environment variables for the current process, create and update files in folders writable by the web process, and execute arbitrary programs accessible by the web process. All other operations available to the `os` package in Python were also available, even if not explicitly enumerated in this CVE.

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