What is CVE-2021-41972?

CVE-2021-41972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-41972?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Superset

CVE-2021-41972

Apache Superset up to and including 1.3.1 allowed for database connections password leak for authenticated users. This information could be accessed in a non-trivial way.

Published 2021-11-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Apache Superset
Apache Software Foundation Superset — versions Apache Superset

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

lists.apache.org/thread/xpdl2r538o695o7r9gd9qrwqb17bdd3v (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q4/106 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41972?: CVE-2021-41972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-41972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.