# Apache superset missing check for default SECRET_KEY

Advisory record · `GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c` · `BIT-superset-2023-27524` · `CVE-2023-27524` · `PYSEC-2026-1161`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.9 High
- **Critical:** Yes: KEV, CVSS 7+ and EPSS
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-1188](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1188.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-1188](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1188.md)
- **Published:** 24 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 24 Apr 2023, 18:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 8 Jan 2024: it is known to be exploited.
- CVSS score 8.9 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.98 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `apache-superset` (PyPI): affected `<2.1.0`; fixed in `2.1.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.9 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`, from CNA (apache)

- **CISA KEV:** Listed since 8 Jan 2024: known to be exploited.
- **EPSS:** 0.98, the 99th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 24 Apr 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c)
- [OSV: GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27524>
- <https://github.com/apache/superset/commit/b180319bbf08e876ea84963220ebebbfd0699e03>
- <https://github.com/apache/superset>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread/n0ftx60sllf527j7g11kmt24wvof8xyk>
- <https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172522/Apache-Superset-2.0.0-Authentication-Bypass.html>
- <https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175094/Apache-Superset-2.0.0-Remote-Code-Execution.html>
- <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-27524>
- <https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/24/2>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/24/2>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-5cx2-vq3h-x52c>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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